But another force is also in the mix: the properties of the rocks in the fault zones along the plate interface. This includes both the structure of the rock as well as how the rocks are arranged ...

A study looking at a small region in Japan has shown that the properties of fault zone rocks really matter for the generation of earthquakes. Earthquakes occur along fault lines between ...

A massive 7.7 earthquake originating in Myanmar has collapsed buildings over 600 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand ...

The earthquake struck at 7.46 p.m. PT about three miles northwest of Dublin, California, at a depth of around seven miles, ...