seismic fault

It is also possible that the dam sits on a seismic fault.

Both branches are estuarine, and lie on seismic fault lines.

We could also beam a detonator into a seismic fault."

There are also several seismic faults within the watershed.

Madam President, Turkey lies on a seismic fault running from east to west.

Turkey has two major seismic fault lines that run from southeastern Anatolia toward the country's northwest.

Earthquakes have long been central to the consciousness of the Japanese people, who live on a series of seismic fault lines.

Chalandritsa is at the edge of a seismic fault, which caused a minor earthquake in February 2008.

All this is happening now because Hempstead found itself sitting on the seismic fault line of two historic political upheavals.

The Clovis area has active and potentially active seismic fault zones.

Active seismic faults run across the island, and some environmentalists argue Taiwan is unsuited for nuclear plants.

Many parts of Turkey lie on a major seismic fault line and are subject to earthquakes and tremors.

Iran is on seismic fault lines.

By the time of the plant's completion in 1973, a seismic fault, the Hosgri fault, had been discovered several miles offshore.

Natural Disasters - Earthquakes Many parts of Italy lie on a major seismic fault line.

One is that sedimentation projections are not agreed upon, and the other is that the dam sits on a seismic fault.

The major seismic faults in Taiwan correspond to the various suture zones between the various terranes.

It lies on one of the most active seismic faults in Bangladesh, the Sitakunda-Teknaf fault.

He also posits correlations between the location and orientation of menhirs, and those of seismic fault lines.

In the 1920s a team of British geologists discovered hot springs while surveying northern India and the seismic faults around the Himalayas.

Iran is situated on seismic fault lines, and the mud-brick construction of houses in villages and small towns contributes to the high number of deaths.

Alex was only starting to piece together clues as to why some did so while others coupled so dramatically with seismic faults, seawater, or even man-made objects.

The 7th September 1999 Athens 5.9 Ms earthquake: remote sensing and digital elevation model inputs towards identifying the seismic fault.

The Philippine Fault System consists of a series of seismic faults that produce several earthquakes per year, most of which are not felt.

The Greendale Fault is an active seismic fault in the middle of New Zealand's South Island.