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America's fault lines could be the next big disaster

S. population is "somewhat likely" to experience a damaging earthquake in the coming decades, according to recently published ...
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Researchers uncover secrets on how Alaska's Denali Fault formed

New findings begin to fill major gaps in understanding about how geological faults behave and appear as they deepen, and they could eventually help lead future researchers to develop better earthquake ...
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Nature article proposes new way to identify faults that might pose earthquake risk

Daniel Trugman, assistant professor in the Nevada Seismological Laboratory (NSL), and Avigyan Chatterjee, doctoral student in the NSL, have published a research article in the journal Nature about how ...

Scientists Map the Invisible Fault That Could Trigger the Next Major Earthquake

A new 3D subsurface model shows how variations in rock strength beneath the Marmara Sea could trigger future large earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault. The findings improve understanding of ...
Science Daily

Geological carbon sequestration in mantle rocks prevents large earthquakes in parts of the San Andreas Fault

Researchers say ubiquitous evidence for ongoing geological carbon sequestration in mantle rocks in the creeping sections of the San Andreas Fault is one underlying cause of aseismic creep along a ...
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Webinar on Recent Advances in Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Installations in Light of Geological Reconnaissance Findings

IAEA Safety Series No. SSR-1 (Site Evaluation for Nuclear Installations) identifies fault capability as one of the potential challenges to the safety of nuclear installations that shall be assessed ...
Newsweek

New Stretch of Creeping California Fault Line Discovered

Researchers have identified an actively creeping section of the Concord Fault running through local communities in California, potentially increasing the risk of large earthquakes in residential ...