Queensland underground data reshapes our understanding of tectonic plate stress

24 Jul 2025
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The map shows underground points of stress in the Earth's crust. (Photo credit: The World Stress Map Project )

The Earth’s underground stress patterns have been mapped in more detail than ever before, through a University of Queensland and GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences collaboration.

The World Stress Map is a long-term international scientific project to increase understanding of earthquakes and how stress builds beneath the Earth’s surface.

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