The disaster has been linked to the Dead Sea rift, a series of fault lines between the African and Arabian tectonic plates which have caused many earthquakes ... French on Middle East Eye French ...
A minor, 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the Gulf of Maine on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The earthquake ... fault to reactivate on Friday. On the West Coast, earthquakes often come from movement along the boundaries of tectonic plates. The East Coast, however, is located in the middle ...
The Hayward fault in the East Bay is of even greater concern — “its recurrence interval is about 140 years and is relatively constant,” she said. The last major earthquake on the Hayward fault was in ...