Thrust faults have been the site of some of the world's largest quakes, ... at shallow depths the plates would just slide against one another for a short distance, without opening.

"Our modeling suggests that shallow moonquakes capable of producing strong ground shaking in the south polar region are possible from slip events on existing faults or the formation of new thrust ...

The pull of the moon and the sun that causes Earth's tides can also trigger earthquakes, according to an analysis of 2,000 quakes by scientists at UCLA and in Japan.

A paper describing the work, “Shallow seismic activity and young thrust faults on the Moon,” was published in the journal Nature Geoscience yesterday, claims that the moon has gotten 150 ft ...

These faults belong to a category known as thrust faults, ... But if contraction alone were at work, the pattern of thrust-faulting and shallow moonquakes would be randomly distributed.

Then ask them the same questions as those used in Group 1 and 2. Mention to the students that thrust faults are reverse faults that develop at a very shallow angle. 4.

Shallow Seattle faults still have potential for a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. California's earthquakes are a good reminder that devastating quakes can hit ... The Seattle fault is a thrust fault, ...

"The 1996 earthquake -- a shallow thrust faulting earthquake likely to have occurred on the regional subduction zone system at depth beneath the shallow crust -- resulted in approximately 10 ...

Earthquakes with a magnitude above a 7.6 and that are also shallow and happen due to thrust-faulting are more likely than other types of quakes to trigger tsunamis, according to the USGS.

“The global distribution of young thrust faults, ... Shallow moonquakes occur only about 100 or so miles deep into the moon’s crust.

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Alaska Peninsula early Monday, with its epicentre located near Sand Point. No tsunami ...