The five largest continental transform earthquakes since 2000 all originated on a branch of the main fault—and two researchers predict that the next great earthquake of this type will also get ...

A new study by geophysicists at UC Santa Cruz explains how some of these tremor events can yield insights into how stress builds up on the dangerous faults above where major earthquakes occur. The ...

The five largest continental transform earthquakes since 2000 all originated on a branch of the main fault—and two researchers predict that the next great earthquake of this type will also get ...

As the name suggests, a branch fault is a minor fault that branches off from a major fault. In the US, the 2002 magnitude 7.9 Denali earthquake that struck Alaska originated on a branch fault.

The main fault basically runs northeast to southwest, but some preliminary data indicated the initial quake in early April had a north-south movement, suggesting the trembler may have occurred on ...

Chaotic effect of small quakes Farge and Brodsky discovered that small earthquakes, even those tens of kilometers away from the main fault, can disturb a tremor’s natural rhythm. As a patch of the ...

Both quakes occurred on the San Andreas, the 800-mile-long fault that traverses California from north to south. The geological survey estimates that there is about a 30 percent chance of a 7.5 ...

The main fault’s yearly slip rate — how fast the fault is moving — is 24.1 millimeters. But it’s not just the main fault line that causes worry.