Another of Silver's seismic experiments captured, at close range, the largest-known deep earthquake ... can affect worldwide the strength of fault zones and thus the likelihood of new earthquakes.

The Japan Trench is a deep oceanic trench found to the east ... The team will examine the Tōhoku-oki earthquake fault zone.

The Puente Hills thrust fault runs beneath downtown Los Angeles and Orange County – two highly populated areas. The 10-mile deep fault angles like a ramp and gets closest to the surface near the ...