Fault zones are often wide, branching networks rather than narrow lines, requiring a shift to 3D models for better earthquake ...

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 ...

It began not in Malmö, but in Massachusetts. In a quiet courtroom, under the cold fluorescence of due process, a series of decisions were made that now define the fault line in America’s ...

They were considered the “biggest earthquakes in American history,” New Madrid officials said. Should another one occur along the underground fault line, it could be “catastrophic ...

Exploring two of the most sensitive fault lines in American politics, religion and race, and what role they will play in the 2008 presidential elections ...