Blind thrust earthquake information

A blind thrust earthquake occurs along a thrust fault that does not show signs on the Earth's surface, hence the designation "blind". Such faults, being...

The 1994 Northridge earthquake was a moment magnitude 6.7 (Mw), blind thrust earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST in the...

types of earthquake. Aftershock, a smaller earthquake that occurs after a previous large earthquake, in the same area of the main shock. Blind thrust earthquake...

States, at 7:42 a.m. PDT on October 1. The moderate magnitude 5.9 blind thrust earthquake was centered several miles north of Whittier in the town of Rosemead...

earthquakes are caused by slip along the thrust fault that forms the contact between the two plates. These interplate earthquakes are the planet's most powerful...

surface rupture earthquake, which does). When the fault in question is a thrust fault, the earthquake is known as a blind thrust earthquake. Recorded ground...

surface ruptures were associated with the shock, classifying it as a blind thrust earthquake. Lateral spreading was widely reported and strike-slip faulting...

1994 earthquake in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, was caused by a previously undiscovered blind thrust fault. Because of their low dip, thrusts are...

The Northridge Blind Thrust Fault (also known as the Pico Thrust Fault) is a thrust fault that is located in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles...

movement on a blind thrust fault dipping north. The Tizi n’Test Fault, a north-dipping geological fault, may have been responsible for the earthquake. No recent...

Thrust detachment. The rupture area is calculated at 280 km × 80 km. The rupture did not reach the surface, therefore, is considered a blind thrust earthquake...

2015 Nepal earthquakes; all three events failed to rupture the MHT, hence did not produce any surface rupture. This blind thrust earthquake is the largest...

was no surface rupture associated with the earthquake and it is example of a blind thrust earthquake on thrust faults underlying the Pie de Palo range....

Guangyu; Xiao, Zhuohui; Fang, Lihua (2019). "The 2016 Mw 6.0 Hutubi earthquake: A blind thrust event along the northern Tian Shan front". Journal of Asian Earth...

to 2.7 billion years ago Earthquake – Sudden movement of the Earth's crust Blind thrust earthquake – Movement along a thrust fault that is not visible...

northwest. The fault is known as a blind thrust fault, as the fault plane does not extend to the surface. Large earthquakes on the fault are relatively infrequent...

did not produce any surface rupture, thus classifying it as a blind thrust earthquake. Surface evidence of faults lying under the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains...

rupture, because it was a blind thrust earthquake. Surface ruptures commonly occur on pre-existing faults. Only rarely are earthquakes (and surface ruptures)...

(09:00:22 local time) with an epicenter in the Tien Shan mountains. The thrust earthquake measured 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw ) and had a depth of...

reverse (thrust), and strike-slip faults, with energy release and rupture dynamics governed by the elastic-rebound theory. Efforts to manage earthquake risks...

The Mount Diablo Thrust Fault, also known as the Mount Diablo Blind Thrust, is a thrust fault in the vicinity of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa County, California...

the ground deformation was diffuse and inferred the earthquakes were associated with a blind thrust fault. The fault responsible is likely a structure...

"Seismogenic Potential of the Main Himalayan Thrust Constrained by Coupling Segmentation and Earthquake Scaling". Geophysical Research Letters. 48 (13)...

earthquakes within stated limits, and particularly "the determination of parameters for the next strong earthquake to occur in a region". Earthquake prediction...

reverse and thrust faults hidden under the Santa Barbara Channel that could produce devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, including a thrust fault that...