The Debrief

Earthquake Experts Modeled 1,000 Years of Activity in California—What They Found Now Has Scientists Concerned

California could be due for a major earthquake in the near future, according to concerning new models based on a millennium ...

Earthquakes can be destructive for distant cities built on top of basins – now we know why

Sedimentary basins – depressions in Earth’s crust caused by tectonic activity – tend to be flat and are favoured places to ...

California's tectonic stress has reached record level, earthquake model reveals

Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and ...

Cajon Pass appears primed for a massive earthquake crossing two major Southern California faults

The ground north and east of Los Angeles holds one of Southern California’s most uneasy meeting points. At Cajon Pass, the ...

California Faults Are Under Their Highest Stress in 1,000 Years, Stoking Fears of the ‘Big One’

Researchers modeled 1,000 years of earthquake history along Southern California's San Andreas and San Jacinto faults. What ...
Tech Xplore

How can we make buildings more resilient before—and after—earthquakes? We put one solution to the test

This week's magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines came with scenes familiar to New Zealanders: collapsed buildings, shattered facades and streets strewn with rubble.
Phys.org

New model finds complex earthquake patterns of the Phlegraean Fields near Naples

The Phlegraean Fields volcanic complex, located beneath the metropolitan area of Naples—a city of 900,000 inhabitants in Italy—has been rising increasingly since 2005, accompanied by a growing number ...
Science Daily

Noto quake 3D model adds dimension to understand earthquake dynamics

On Jan. 1, 2024, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in Japan, resulting in extensive damage in the region caused by uplift, when the land rises due to shifting tectonic plates. The ...