While neither caused any major damage, experts have warned that Monday's quake may have been associated with the Puente Hills thrust fault, which could one day cause a huge earthquake in Los Angeles.

That means it came from a region of faults called the Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt, which is much more ancient and quiet ...

The Himalayan Orogen is characterized by a series of north-dipping thrust faults and shear zones formed as a result of the ongoing convergence of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. The Main ...

The researchers measured the orientations of smaller faults that formed in the vicinity of the Liachar Thrust — a major fault where a massive slab of rock is being shoved upon another.