https://epsci.ucr.edu/ en https://epsci.ucr.edu/news/2024/12/12/technique-forecast-where-next-big-quake-will-start <span>Technique to forecast where the next big quake will start</span> <span><span>Tracie Ventimiglia</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-12-12T09:27:48-08:00" title="Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 09:27">Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:27</time> </span> <a href="https://epsci.ucr.edu/news">More News</a> <picture> <source srcset="https://epsci.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_l/public/technique-to-forecast.png?h=71969c6d&amp;itok=edVSFjXx 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1401px)" type="image/png" width="1170" height="450"> <source srcset="https://epsci.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_l/public/technique-to-forecast.png?h=71969c6d&amp;itok=edVSFjXx 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1025px) and (max-width: 1400px)" type="image/png" width="1170" height="450"> <source 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sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Scientists have a new method for studying faults that could improve earthquake forecasts, shedding light on where quakes start, how they spread, and where the biggest impacts might be.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(69, 90, 100);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Fira Sans Regular&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">A </span><a style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(180, 0, 31);cursor:pointer;font-family:&quot;Fira Sans Regular&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:inherit;orphans:2;outline:none;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" href="https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/52/12/917/649016/Rupture-direction-of-paleoearthquakes-on-the?searchresult=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><u>paper</u></a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(69, 90, 100);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Fira Sans Regular&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"> in the journal Geology describes the method, which helps determine the origins and directions of past earthquake ruptures — information valuable to modeling future earthquake scenarios on major faults.</span></p><p><a href="https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/12/12/technique-forecast-where-next-big-quake-will-start" target="_blank"><span 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