Geoscientists find unexpected 'deep creep' near San Andreas, San Jacinto faults
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
A new analysis of thousands of very small earthquakes that have occurred in the San Bernardino basin near the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults suggests that the unusual deformation of some—they move in a different way than expected—may be due to "deep creep" 10 km below the Earth's surface, say geoscientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.