In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

Dr Jones noted that it's a common misconception that spike in mini-earthquakes relieve tension in the plate tectonics underground ... It has revealed that the fault splits into four segments ...

Scotland - and The Great Glen - lie on the Great Glen fault. A fault is where two tectonic plates meet. The other half of this one is in Canada! ISLA: Well, fold mountains like these are created ...

Afghanistan sits on numerous fault lines between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line also running ...

The tremors were felt as far as 2,000 km away in Hanoi, Vietnam, and even in Bangkok, Thailand, where a skyscraper under construction collapsed. This article explores the causes of the earthquake, the ...

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that the earthquake struck regions around the ...