The director of the Southern California Earthquake Center, Thomas Jordan, made an announcement recently that would have sent a chill down the spine of every Californian: that the San Andreas fault appears to be in a critical state and as such, could generate a large earthquake imminently. Of course, the reiteration of the seismic hazard […] … learn more→
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The San Andreas fault is about to crack – here’s what will happen when it does
Plate shapes may hold secrets to earthquakes
A new study from The Australian National University has brought scientists a step closer to finding out how earthquakes happen. Dr Giampiero Iaffaldano from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences and colleagues in Italy and Germany used simple but innovative laboratory models to examine the forces behind the movement of plates in the Earth’s […] … learn more→
