A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was measured near Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday evening. It's the ...

Moving tectonic plates can cause earthquakes, which then create fissures (these are weaknesses or small tears in the Earth’s crust). When fissures appear, the magma beneath the surface has an ...

Narrow fissures might appear during earthquake-induced landslides, but faults never gape open.[/Trivia] [Question]More than a million earthquakes take place every year.[/Question] [Answer-Correct ...

Radon exhalates to the ground surface through microcracks (fissures) in the rock that occur before and after earthquakes. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...