Assertion: fault's movement | /r/CapableOf | produce simultaneous rupture
Facets:
value: on thrust faults
type: OTHER
value: near the los angeles area
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Kerry Sieh (1978) noted that the Elkhorn Thrust, a low-angle thrust fault near the San Andreas, may have slipped simultaneously in the 1857 quake -- an observation that a team of researchers (1996) have recently used to support the idea that future movements along the San Andreas fault zone might produce simultaneous rupture on thrust faults in and near the Los Angeles area, causing a terrible "double earthquake".