geological fault

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Earthquakes are common in the region, which lies on a major geological fault line.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

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

Old Sandstone, who had seen nothing, tackled Simon on the subject of his geological fault; and Simon merely said to himself, as Dolores tightened her saddle-girth: "What the deuce are all these people up to?"

From The Tremendous Event by Leblanc, Maurice