Sentence examples for underground fault from inspiring English sources

The scientists hypothesize that heavy rainfall nine days earlier -- three feet of rain in 36 hours -- may have been the cause, either by lubricating the underground fault or by adding weight to the slope.

After building to high pressures, gas migrated through underground faults, and blew up one house.

It is all the harder in the Himalayan region, with hidden underground faults that are poorly monitored by seismic instruments.

"Water is finding its way to the underground faults and there is always that possibility of a big earthquake.

However, there are many underground faults that do not intersect the Earth's surface, some of which could be very large.

Normal earthquakes occur when enough stress builds up on underground faults to rupture them.

It means that the stress changes on underground faults would be lower than 1 kPa.

This can cause underground faults to shift and cause earthquakes, most of which are too small to cause damage.

The fluid can then lubricate underground faults, lessening the friction between them and triggering an earthquake.

"There may be a link between earthquakes and disposal wells, but we... still don't know enough about how wastewater injection impacts Oklahoma's underground faults," said OKOGA President Chad Warmington.

However, the new evidence reveals the potential for much larger earthquakes, of magnitude 4 or 5, related to the weakening of pre-existing undergrounds faults through increased fluid pressure.