Scientists thought the Wilmington blind‐thrust fault that runs deep under ... USGS to create a comprehensive picture of the geology around the fault. After using 2-D and 3-D modeling technology ...

Although scientists cannot predict the exact time and date of an earthquake, given the region’s geology ... occurred on a kind of fault called a blind thrust — “blind” because they ...

The discovery of a minor fault trace running ... specifically ban construction above blind-thrust faults, which can cause damage over a vast territory, geological survey officials said.

But “we were a little surprised when we heard where the fault line was. The USGS (U.S. Geological Survey ... it as “active,” Thompson said. Blind-thrust faults, which fracture deep in ...

"We think we have evidence that there is an additional earthquake hazard in the San Francisco area due to a blind thrust ... fault by as much as 4 millimeters per year. Compounding the geological ...

But Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological ... the fault broke much farther to the north than anyone had anticipated. The Northridge quake of 1994 took place on an unknown "blind thrust ...

a professor of geology at the University of California at Davis. Known as “blind” thrust faults because they can’t be seen at the surface, they are difficult to study and may remain unknown ...

The existence of a blind thrust fault in the area described by Shaw and Shearer was already known, said Lucy Jones, the chief scientist for southern California of the U.S. Geological Survey.