Earthquakes form when two tectonic plates moving against one another get stuck, allowing the fault to build up stress. "The plates are increasingly stressed by the forces trying to move them ...

Turkey has experienced several deadly earthquakes in recent years. A video shared on Facebook claims that a 7.9 magnitude ...

There are a number of hazards caused by plate tectonics including earthquakes and tsunamis. Earthquakes have both primary effects (such as the destruction of buildings) and secondary effects (such ...

The earthquake took place within the Izu-Bonin ... Plastic deformation "limits the formation of extensive fracture networks that would typically generate aftershocks," he said.

Earthquakes have damaged dams in the past ... a Potsdam University expert who studies the formation and changes of the earth's surface. His research in 2018 showed about a quarter of the ...