Malibu has become an earthquake hotbed as the L.A. area sees rise in moderate temblors
Southern California experienced 15 seismic sequences with at least one magnitude 4 or higher earthquake — the highest total ...
The Los Angeles earthquake hit a fault system that could pose a massive threat. Here’s what to know.
The Monday quake and recent smaller earthquakes in the vicinity have placed renewed attention on the Puente Hills fault and ...
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Lesson 4: Plate Motions and Faults
As observed in Lesson 3, at low pressures and temperatures rock is a brittle material that will fail by fracture if the stresses become sufficiently large. When a lateral displacement takes place ...
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Stressed rocks
The researchers measured the orientations of smaller faults that formed in the vicinity of the Liachar Thrust — a major fault where a massive slab of rock is being shoved upon another.