Deep beneath the Pacific, one undersea fault has produced nearly identical magnitude 6 earthquakes every few years for ...

The National Science Foundation funded work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could change the way we conceptualize oceanic transform faults. The Gofar fault ...

Scientists have finally explained why a Pacific Ocean fault has been generating repeating “clockwork” earthquakes for decades ...

Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean, roughly a thousand miles off the coast of Ecuador, the seafloor has been keeping time ...

Scientists have identified natural "brakes" within the Gofar transform fault, located deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean.

University of Delaware geologist Jessica Warren has contributed to research that brings us one step closer to better ...

They can have their quake and beat it too. Researchers have identified the mechanism behind hidden underwater “brake zones” ...

A new twist on the San Andreas fault could shake up southern Californians preparing for the Big One. The southern San Andreas isn’t vertical in most places, as previously thought. Instead, it twists ...

Geological faults hold many secrets that may help us answer important questions about the nature of our planet and what ...

It's impossible to know when the San Andreas Fault will erupt with its next big earthquake — a temblor that could impact the nearly 13 million people who live in the Los Angeles metro area — but it ...