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Seismologists uncover faults under 1 of the US’s biggest quake hotspots

Off the rugged north coast of California, one of the most seismically volatile corners of the United States is yielding a new ...
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The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated

The 4.8-magnitude earthquake on the East Coast Friday came from ancient dormant faults. The faults formed when two continents collided about 500 million years ago, creating the Appalachians and ...
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Scientists reveal 200 km fault that splits Earth vertically

For decades, scientists believed that Turkey's Tuz Gölü Fault moved sideways at a rate of 4.7 millimeters per year. Satellites orbiting Earth tracked this sideways sliding motion, and geologists built ...