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

Iran has experienced several devastating earthquakes in recent times, as it sits on major geological fault lines.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2022

A seismometer deployed by a robot arm will act as an ear to the ground and listen for tremors produced when subterranean rock faces slip past one another on geological fault lines.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2018

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

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2017

The old shaft turned at nearly right angles where a geological fault had forced the Civil War miners to change directions in order to follow the vein of good ore.

From The Blue Ghost Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)