An active fault is a fault that is likely to become the source of another earthquake sometime in the future. Geologists commonly consider faults to be...
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such as the megathrust faults of subduction zones or transform faults. Energy release associated with rapid movement on active faults is the cause of most...
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The Alpine Fault is a geological fault that runs almost the entire length of New Zealand's South Island, being about 600 km (370 mi). long, and forms...
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Island Shear Belt) is a set of southwest–northeast trending seismically-active faults in the North Island of New Zealand that carry much of the dextral (right...
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Wasatch Fault is an active fault located primarily on the western edge of the Wasatch Mountains in the U.S. states of Utah and Idaho. The fault is about...
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movement along the fault. Differential movement and erosion may occur either along older inactive geologic faults, or recent active faults. Fault scarps often...
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An asperity is an area on an active fault where there is increased friction, such that the fault may become locked, rather than continuously slipping...
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400 km (870 mi). A partial visualization of an active fault trace that aligns with the present-day Sagaing Fault trace was recorded by Fritz Noetling, a geologist...
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The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state...
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the fault was active during the Permian-Cambrian, movement possibly accompanied by earthquakes took place during the Holocene and formed the fault scarp...
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The North Anatolian Fault (NAF; Turkish: Kuzey Anadolu Fay Hattı) is an active right-lateral strike-slip fault in northern Anatolia, and is the transform...
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The Philippine fault system is a major inter-related system of geological faults throughout the whole of the Philippine Archipelago, primarily caused...
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The Otago fault system (also known as Otago reverse fault province) contains multiple faults with the potential to have rupture events greater than Mw7...
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A seismic gap is a segment of an active fault known to produce significant earthquakes that has not slipped in an unusually long time, compared with other...
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maps of the surface traces of known active faults. These maps include both the best known location where faults cut the surface and a buffer zone around...
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New Madrid seismic zone (redirect from New Madrid Fault Line)
Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid fault line (or fault zone or fault system), is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of...
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often kept in the form of an active alarm list such as is defined in RFC 3877, the Alarm MIB. A list of cleared faults is also maintained by most network...
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San Andreas Fault San Jacinto Fault Zone Elsinore Fault Zone Newport-Inglewood Fault Garlock Fault Puente Hills Fault Sierra Madre Fault Zone Southern...
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The Garlock Fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault running northeast–southwest along the north margins of the Mojave Desert of Southern California...
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an instrument that monitors the slow surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the Earth. Its function is to record the slow, aseismic creep...
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tectonics. Active transform faults are between two tectonic structures or faults. Fracture zones represent the previously active transform-fault lines, which...
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1971 San Fernando earthquake (section Surface faulting)
specifically addressed the construction of homes or businesses near known active fault zones. The San Gabriel Mountains are a 37.3 mi (60.0 km) long portion...
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Fault mechanics is a field of study that investigates the behavior of geologic faults. Behind every good earthquake is some weak rock. Whether the rock...
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The Ostler Fault Zone (also Ostler Fault) is an active fault zone, to the east of the Alpine Fault in the Mackenzie District of Canterbury on New Zealand's...
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Magallanes–Fagnano Fault, a sinistral strike slip fault crosses the southern part of the main island from west to east. It is an active fault, located inside...
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The Taupō Fault Belt contains many almost parallel active faults, and is located in the Taupō Rift of the central North Island of New Zealand geographically...
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Island Fault (SWIF) Rogers Belt (Mount Vernon Fault/Granite Falls Fault Zone) Cherry Creek Fault Zone Rattlesnake Mountain Fault Zone Seattle Fault Tacoma...
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Chelungpu Fault (Chinese: 車籠埔斷層; pinyin: Chēlóngbù Duàncéng) is an active fault located in Taiwan. It caused the 1999 Jiji earthquake. The Chelungpu fault is...
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Authority (NRA) accepted an expert report that concluded the plant is on an active fault, which put any restart of Tsuruga 2 in doubt. In March 1981, drainage...
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seismically active southern end of the Taupō Rift beyond Mount Ruapehu has a number of mainly east to west orientated termination faults where the western...
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