Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces they create.

Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces they create.

The Earth’s underground stress patterns have been mapped in more detail than ever before.

Abstract. The impact of faults on the contemporary stress field in the upper crust has been discussed in various studies. Data and models clearly show that there is an effect, but so far, a systematic...