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 ...

Tabletop fault model reveals why some earthquakes result in faster shaking. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 10 / 121031141854.htm.

image: Gregory McLaskey (L) and Steven Glaser examine a tabletop model of a fault at UC Berkeley. view more Credit: Preston Davis photo. Berkeley — The more time it takes for an earthquake fault ...

"We find that the model qualitatively reproduces the behavior of the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake as well, with the largest slip occurring in a place that may have been creeping before ...

The Northridge Earthquake, occurring on a previously unrecognized fault, spurred a new effort to search for new faults and to investigate their potential for causing significant damage. By 2007, when ...

Two slow-motion earthquakes took several weeks to travel 20 miles along the fault. Each happened in places where geologic ...

While that 1.15%—or roughly 1 in 87—chance of the San Andreas Fault experiencing an earthquake over the next year may seem slim, it’s a significant increase over previous predictive odds.

The model, called "DiTing", is based on one of the biggest data sets of its kind in the world and can be used to spot earthquake signals, monitor seismic activity and support rapid responses to ...

Along coastal California, the possibility of earthquakes and landslides are commonly prefaced by the phrase, “not if, but when.” This precarious reality is now a bit more predictable thanks to ...

The more time it takes for an earthquake fault to heal, the faster the shake it will produce when it finally ruptures, according to a new study by engineers at the University of California ...