These compressional forces cause the hanging wall to move upward relative to the footwall ... A specific type of reverse fault, called a thrust fault, has a shallower angle and can push older ...

A thrust fault is a type of fracture in which one block of rock moves up and over another at a shallow angle. The 1994 Northridge earthquake — a magnitude 6.7 — also occurred on a blind thrust ...

If a quake along the Puente Hills thrust fault hits the loose earth of the Los Angeles Basin, it could amplify the intensity of an earthquake by up to ten times compared to areas on bedrock.

And the economic loss could be up to $252 billion ... A key reason it is so fearsome is its location. The Puente Hills thrust fault system is in a broad zone directly underneath the densest ...

The economic loss could be up to $252 billion ... and one within the Puente Hills thrust fault system comes every few thousand years. But if a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in the Puente Hills thrust ...