Earthquakes occur along faults, which are fractures between blocks of rock that allow the blocks to move relative to one another. Faults are caused by the bumping and sliding that plates do and are ...

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near the Midland-Odessa Metropolitan area Monday evening, briefly rattling parts of North Texas. The U.S. Geolo g ical Survey reported that the quake happened in ...

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The Permian basin of West Texas and New Mexico is desert for ... profits being made out of the Permian basin. Another M5 earthquake did occur just a month later. Another big earthquake, M5.3 ...

was damaged by an earthquake in 1816 Earthquakes are rare in Scotland and when they do occur they usually pass unnoticed, but the potential for a large damaging quake is taken seriously.

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Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or ... you shouldn’t write off the possibility of an earthquake. They can happen in all 50 states. Here are some helpful tips on how to prepare ...

It is the deadliest earthquake to have struck Afghanistan in two decades. Earthquakes happen when there is sudden movement along the tectonic plates which make up the Earth's surface. Fractures ...

When an earthquake strikes, as it did in Athens on 19 July, it can cause disruption for weeks and months afterwards. But how much do we know about earthquakes and what causes them? Any explanation ...

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 ...