geological fault

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The tunnel did not have an emergency exit and was built through a geological fault, a member of a panel of experts investigating the disaster told Reuters on Friday.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023

This is because water pressure in the fault zone is important in controlling when a geological fault slips.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2017

A study by the US Geological Survey showed that increased fluid pressure in geological fault zones from disposal wells has increased earthquake vulnerability in a some states.

From The Guardian • Sep. 17, 2016

“To develop computer simulations for how earthquakes happen, information about initial conditions within the geological fault that is being ruptured is essential,” says Sutherland.

From Nature • Jul. 28, 2014

This valley of the San Joaquin lies above the line of a geological fault, at a depth which can only be estimated as somewhere about a mile.

From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard