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 ...

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 rocked Afghanistan on Saturday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) ...

The world's highest mountain range - the Himalayas - is a testament to the power of plate tectonics ... Mandalay and surrounding settlements. A fault line along that Indian-Eurasian plate ...

Severe earthquakes normally occur over fault lines where tectonic plates meet, but minor tremors - which still register on the Richter sale - can happen in the middle of these plates.

Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates – the India and Eurasia ... While some regions of the world along active fault lines, including California and Japan, have building codes ...

This earthquake was the result of a strike-slip fault movement along the Sagaing Fault line, which runs north ... is caused by two different tectonic plates moving in opposite directions.

The quake, originating from the Sagaing Fault, has resulted in significant ... of devastating earthquakes caused by shifting tectonic plates. From the deep-seated movements of the Andaman ...