The Los Angeles earthquake hit a fault system that could pose a massive threat. Here’s what to know.
The Monday quake and recent smaller earthquakes in the vicinity have placed renewed attention on the Puente Hills fault and ...
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Faulting and neotectonics
A thrust fault scarp at the NE margin of Tibet (Zhangye thrust, Qilian Shan). View is along strike of the scarp. In the foreground the fault offsets a river terrace and forms a 20-m-high scarp (car on ...
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Malibu has become an earthquake hotbed as the L.A. area sees rise in moderate temblors
Southern California experienced 15 seismic sequences with at least one magnitude 4 or higher earthquake — the highest total ...
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Stressed rocks
The researchers measured the orientations of smaller faults that formed in the vicinity of the Liachar Thrust — a major fault where a massive slab of rock is being shoved upon another.