Scientists explain source of mysterious tremors emanating from fault zones

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Entire buildings tilt because of ground failure after the Niigata Japan earthquake. Credit: NGDC
Entire buildings tilt because of ground failure after the Niigata, Japan, earthquake. Credit: NGDC

Tiny tremors and temblors recently discovered in fault zones from California to Japan are generated by slow-moving earthquakes that may foreshadow catastrophic seismic events, according to scientists at Stanford University and the University of Tokyo.


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