It has been suggested that this earthquake and the 2005 Qeshm event may have ruptured adjacent parts of the same fault.

How do earthquakes start, rupture, and stop?

The earthquakes of 2005 and 2008 may have ruptured adjacent segments of the same southeast-dipping reverse fault.

The earthquake ruptured undersea cables that are part of a communications fabric that circles the globe.

They contend that an earthquake would rupture a disposal site filled with potentially toxic wastes from the operation.

Now the earthquakes have ruptured the oil pipeline, and there is no oil to sell, causing the country to suspend payment indefinitely on $8.3 billion in debt.

Occasionally, earthquakes rupture the plate boundary, and Hokkaido rebounds and rises slightly.

Locals think an earthquake ruptured the bottom and caused the water to drain.

The 2004 earthquake ruptured an enormous segment of the megathrust surface.

This earthquake may have ruptured part of the rupture zone of the earthquake of August 24, 1942.