As tectonic plates slip past each other, the rivers that cross fault lines change shape. The shifting ground stretches the river channels until the water breaks its course and flows onto new paths. In ...

This aerial image of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain shows numerous curved drainages where fault slip has stretched stream channels to the left. Eventually, the channels get ‘reset’ when ...

Since the Northridge quake, a permanent network of GPS stations has been deployed, precisely measuring the gradual strain ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 11 active fault zones have been mapped nationwide, including several in Peninsular Malaysia, said Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani. He said the Minerals and Geoscience Department ...