It is along or near this fault line that most of California's earthquakes take place, as the two tectonic plates move in different directions.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

A major earthquake in nineteen ninety-four was centered along one of these smaller fault lines.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

"It is entirely Gordon Brown's own fault that this is now happening in the run-up to the general election,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

There are different kinds of faults. In this case,the damage was caused by movement of a "strike-slip fault."

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

Other major recorded earthquakes in the 17th,18th,and 19th centuries may have been produced by movement of the same fault that caused Tuesday's disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

That is the way that fault operates as well." In other cases, the plates may move up and down, rather than from side to side.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

And,in fact,people live very close to the geologic fault that caused this earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13