California is a great place to live but it does have its FAULTS and in this Virtually Rick we take a closer look at one of them, the strike-slip fault. First of all what is a fault? Let’s talk about ...

From CCTV and smartphones to dashcams and smart doorbells, cameras follow your every step in the 21st century. While the constant threat of ever-watching eyes may be turning us into a self-conscious ...

Ents, orcs and hobbits may have trod upon New Zealand soils, but beneath the Southern Island lies a giant earthquake fault that may help seismologists understand how the Earth moves and bends, ...

WASHINGTON - While most scientists assume that both sides of a geologic fault move equal distances during an earthquake, researchers at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Miami have ...

Still from the video showing shaking of the surface and at 0:16 a sudden offset as part of the ground moves (for the observer) from the left to the right. A video uploaded just a few days after a ...

Imagine a quiet day suddenly interrupted by the ground splitting apart right before your eyes. This is exactly what happened in Myanmar in March 2025, when a powerful earthquake shook the region. A ...

A new study found overlooked tsunami hazards related to undersea, near-shore strike-slip faults, especially for coastal cities adjacent to faults that traverse inland bays. Several areas around the ...

A new study has attributed the root cause of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes to specific geological damage. A relatively large dip-slip displacement was discovered at the site. The Futagawa strike-slip ...

When a magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Myanmar on March 28, 2025, it wasn’t just another powerful tremor—it was a geological curveball. The quake ripped open more than 500 kilometers (317 miles) of the ...

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