We identify a major top down to the south-east (in north-west and central Donegal) and top down to the south (in the Slieve League Peninsula) extensional ductile slide/shear zone which is located ...

Scientists studying the massive earthquake that struck the South Pacific on September 29, 2009, have found that it actually involved two great earthquakes: an initial one with magnitude 8.1, which ...

Researchers say they have identified the origins of an unusual fault that probably magnified the catastrophic 2011 Japan tsunami. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake struck under the seabed ...

The Earth's crust is constantly moving, and certain regions of the globe offer us unique windows to observe these movements imperceptible to the naked eye. Researchers have just made a major discovery ...

Conjugate sets of normal faults formed in the Quaternary fan sediments lying near the top of footwall rocks of the Ramgarh Thrust are analysed. These faults are recognized on left hillslope of Kosi ...

April 23 (UPI) --For the first time, scientists have produced a comprehensive map of the tectonic stresses acting on the North American continent. In the short term, the map of North American faults - ...