In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 jolted Nepal on Tuesday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 25km, making it susceptible ...

Nepal was jolted by a magnitude 4.0 ​earthquake Tuesday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.​ There ...

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...

The vast majority of the world’s tsunamis are generated by strong underwater earthquakes. Major earthquakes occur when ...

Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel Earth's surface is divided into several tectonic plates, and earthquakes generally occur at convergent plate boundaries, where two or ...

Over a week after Myanmar’s catastrophic earthquake, casualty numbers are still climbing. Meanwhile, across India, mild tremors shake different regions every noe and then — brief jolts reminding us of ...

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Unlike hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other natural disasters, earthquakes don't have an annual season that homeowners can prepare for. But they do hit certain parts of the country more than ...

Biggest Earthquake in History: Myanmar has been rocked by a massive earthquake, with the effects being felt not just in Mandalay, the city nearest to the epicentre of the quake, but also in ...