fault line
noun
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The interferogram revealed 63 inches (160 centimeters) of ground displacement along the fault line, indicating significant movement on either side of the fault.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The city is considered high-risk for earthquakes, which regularly occur there thanks to the two major fault lines on which Turkey sits.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Sai Aung Main / AFP - Getty Images Rebecca Bell, a tectonics expert at Imperial College London, said the earthquake may have occurred on the Sagaing Fault, a long, straight fault line with similar movement to the San Andreas Fault in California.
—Nat Sumon, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2025
Brady Dale Mar 11, 2025 - Politics & Policy
House discusses stablecoins, anti-money laundering
The fault line in a Tuesday House hearing on modernizing payments largely fell around how far laws should go to prevent crime covering its tracks on blockchains.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The city is considered high-risk for earthquakes, which regularly occur there thanks to the two major fault lines on which Turkey sits.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
Sai Aung Main / AFP - Getty Images Rebecca Bell, a tectonics expert at Imperial College London, said the earthquake may have occurred on the Sagaing Fault, a long, straight fault line with similar movement to the San Andreas Fault in California.
—Nat Sumon, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2025
Brady Dale Mar 11, 2025 - Politics & Policy
House discusses stablecoins, anti-money laundering
The fault line in a Tuesday House hearing on modernizing payments largely fell around how far laws should go to prevent crime covering its tracks on blockchains.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Fault line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fault%20line. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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