The 2020 Stanley earthquake also exposed the intricate geometry of the area’s faults. While early models predicted a rupture on the east-dipping Sawtooth normal fault, later analysis showed a ...

"Normal faults are observed along different tectonic systems, where the tectonic plates are moving apart," says Utah State University geophysicist Srisharan Shreedharan.

Hundreds of earthquakes are detected at or near Mount Rainier each year, with "swarms" typically occurring once or twice ...

“But before this was a normal fault with the valley deepening, these were all compressional faults. That’s what’s building the beautiful Rockies as we know them and those peaks.

Water supplies returning to ‘normal’ after treatment works fault Sutton and East Surrey (SES) Water said customers around Sutton, Morden and Epsom could be affected as it carried out essential ...