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| has gloss | eng: A blind thrust earthquake is an earthquake along a thrust fault that does not show signs on the Earth's surface, hence the designation "blind" . Such faults, being invisible at the surface, have not been mapped by standard surface geological mapping. Sometimes they are discovered as a by-product of oil exploration seismology; in other cases their existence is not suspected. |
| lexicalization | eng: blind thrust earthquake |
| instance of | c/Types of earthquake |
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