Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published in the ...

The Phlegraean Fields volcanic complex, located beneath the metropolitan area of Naples—a city of 900,000 inhabitants in Italy—has been rising increasingly since 2005, accompanied by a growing number ...

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published in the ...

On Jan. 1, 2024, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in Japan, resulting in extensive damage in the region caused by uplift, when the land rises due to shifting tectonic plates. The ...

The region of Italy’s Campi Flegrei was experiencing increased unrest beneath its land, which held one of Europe’s most dangerous volcanoes. Researchers looked into the earthquakes tormenting the ...

This gradual accumulation and release of stress and strain is now referred to as the "elastic rebound theory" of earthquakes. Most earthquakes are the result of the sudden elastic rebound of ...

Earthquakes are one of the most damaging natural hazards facing humankind. Improvements in understanding the fundamental physics of earthquakes could have dramatic consequences for our ability to plan ...

San Andreas Fault earthquake risk hits a 1,000-year high, with a new physics-based model finding stress at record levels on ...

Scientists used supercomputer simulation to reveal the underlying mechanism by which the irregular fault geometry, characterized by multisegments, controlled the variation of the fault slip and ...