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 ...

Earthquake of magnitude of 4.3 hits Pakistan Pakistan is among the most seismically active nations globally due to its position across several major fault lines. Earthquakes in the region are ...

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has struck Pakistan, causing tremors that were felt in parts of North India ... to its position across several major fault lines. Earthquakes in the region are frequent ...

The 2-1 decision from the North Carolina Court of Appeals panel fell along party lines, as was expected ... This is not the fault of the voters, yet they were almost punished for it.

In 1638, an earthquake in what is now New Hampshire and Plymouth, Massachusetts, left colonists stumbling from the strong ...

While not a household name like the San Andreas, the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and ...

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

Below California’s famed beaches, mountains and metropolitan areas lies a sinister web of earthquake faults — some so ... moving northwest relative to the North American plate, upon which ...