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Dense soils may spread earthquake surface ruptures into wider damage zones, particle models suggest
- May 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Earthquakes can visibly and permanently crack the ground apart in dramatic and unpredictable surface fault rupture, but new research led by University of Michigan Engineering revealed that soil density strongly influences how and where they occur. The paper is published in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
Originally published at Phys.org