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Buried rupture earthquake
Earthquake which does not produce a visible offset in the ground along the fault / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In seismology, a buried rupture earthquake, or blind earthquake, is an earthquake which does not produce a visible offset in the ground along the fault (as opposed to a surface rupture earthquake, which does). When the fault in question is a thrust fault, the earthquake is known as a blind thrust earthquake.
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