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 the condition of anonymity on Friday.
From Reuters • Nov. 24, 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
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
