{"id":190926,"date":"2024-06-09T20:25:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T01:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/shaking-up-seismology-geometry-as-the-groundbreaking-predictor-of-earthquakes"},"modified":"2024-06-09T20:25:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T01:25:53","slug":"shaking-up-seismology-geometry-as-the-groundbreaking-predictor-of-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/shaking-up-seismology-geometry-as-the-groundbreaking-predictor-of-earthquakes","title":{"rendered":"Shaking Up Seismology: Geometry as the Groundbreaking Predictor of Earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/shaking-up-seismology-geometry-as-the-groundbreaking-predictor-of-earthquakes2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brown University researchers found that fault geometry, including misalignments and complex structures within fault zones, plays a crucial role in determining earthquake likelihood and strength. This finding, based on studies of California\u2019s fault lines, challenges traditional views that focus primarily on friction.<\/p>\n<p>By taking a close look at the geometrical makeup of rocks where earthquakes originate, researchers at Brown University are adding a new wrinkle to a long-held belief about what causes seismic quakes in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Rethinking Earthquake Dynamics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brown University researchers found that fault geometry, including misalignments and complex structures within fault zones, plays a crucial role in determining earthquake likelihood and strength. This finding, based on studies of California\u2019s fault lines, challenges traditional views that focus primarily on friction. By taking a close look at the geometrical makeup of rocks where earthquakes [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}