A major California fault once thought to be stable is quietly shifting beneath neighborhoods, schools, and it could lead to a powerful quake with no warning. A new US geological (USGS) survey showed ...

Geologists have been given a “one-of-a-kind” window into Scotland’s geological past as they analyse core rock drilled from the Great Glen Fault during investigations for a hydro-storage scheme. The ...

More than 1.1 billion years ago, an immense geological fault called the Midcontinent Rift began to form beneath what is now the U.S. Midwest. This massive rift stretches approximately 2,000 kilometers ...

Believed to be triggered by a millions-year-old geological fault, Townsville experienced its largest earthquake in recorded history on Saturday. We talked to experts on why it happened and whether it ...

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(CUSTER COUNTY, Colo.) — A geologist who has been working in the area of a rockslide that closed multiple highways in the McKenzie Junction area of Custer County said it is highly likely that ...

“The rocks themselves are telling us this is an important process,” Stanford geophysicist Eric Dunham said in a 2020 interview, speaking of the mysterious precursors faults emit before they slip. Over ...

Experts have been analysing the rocks since they were drilled in 2023 (British Geological Survey/PA) Geologists have been given a “one-of-a-kind” window into Scotland’s geological past as they analyse ...