Most earthquakes occur when two blocks become stuck and then slip past each other. However, there are many other types of earthquakes as well, some of which are created by natural causes.

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 ...

Seismologists say there have been nearly 100 quakes since a Midlands swarm began in 2021. Daniel Frost at the University of South Carolina said this is one of the larger swarms he studied.

Kobe University geophysicists around SUENAGA Nobuaki decided to see if their simulations could explain the different types of earthquakes occurring there.

These are conservative boundaries.At all of these different kinds of boundary ... as stored energy is released.These events are called earthquakes… and their impact can be extreme.The country ...

Plate temperature and water release influence earthquake types in Guerrero, Mexico. The Cocos Plate's shape creates a seismic gap where no major earthquake has occurred for over a century.