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...fault, which is composed of three segments, is about 25 miles in the east-west direction and 10 miles in the north-south direction, Shaw said...
Each of the segments is comparable in size to an adjacent fault in Northridge, Calif. that caused a major earthquake in 1994, he said...
Researchers already suspected the fault's existence, but it was not confirmed until oil companies drilling in the Los Angeles basin provided evidence, he said...
...known when the fault...
Shearer said they are still investigating theexact location and size of the fault because thereis a possibility that it is connected with othersto the east and west and possibly to another southof Los Angeles...