Fineberg. Fineberg and his colleagues investigated the question with a mix of theoretical math and laboratory experiments. They reproduce earthquake-like fractures in the lab with blocks made of a ...

Overall, the experiments shook 12 model cores with hundreds of simulated earthquakes, producing around 20 terabytes of data that EDF and Atkins have used to reveal important insights into an aged ...

Researchers have identified the "ignition" mechanism of earthquakes, and their latest findings were published in Nature. They believe that understanding the slow movements of tectonic plates preceding ...

New research shows that slow, silent stress buildup and fault geometry are crucial in triggering earthquakes A new study has ...

That sudden breaking of the foam rubber is the earthquake. That's what happens along a strike-slip fault. Seismic waves can also be caused by natural processes other than earthquakes and by human ...

Researchers create labquakes by sliding together blocks of rock—known as friction experiments—to generate the laboratory equivalent of earthquakes, or stick-slips, that they then monitor with ...

However, under the sea is there a seismic gap associated with a giant earthquake. Considering the level of damage caused by the 1999 Izmit earthquake in the neighboring region to the east, the risk in ...

The Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center is taking a short road trip for this month's special Science Saturday, which ...