The Queen Charlotte Fault is an active transform fault that marks the boundary of the North American plate and the Pacific plate. It is Canada's right-lateral...
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Mexico Princess Charlotte (disambiguation) Queen Charlotte Fault Queen Charlotte Islands caribou Queen Charlotte Track Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital...
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Haida Gwaii (redirect from Queen Charlotte Island)
gwaay, literally "Islands of the Haida people"), also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is an archipelago located between 55–125 km (34–78 mi) off...
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reported in this earthquake. The 1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake was caused by a rupture on the Queen Charlotte Fault, which forms part of the boundary...
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The 2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake (also known as the Queen Charlotte Fault earthquake) struck on January 5, at 12:58 am (UTC–7) near the city of Craig...
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then the Ulakhan Fault between it and the Okhotsk Plate, and finally the Aleutian Trench to the end of the Queen Charlotte Fault system (see also: Aleutian...
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Aleutian Trench (redirect from Alaskan/Aleutian Megathrust Fault)
with the Ulakhan Fault and the northern end of the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench, to a junction with the northern end of the Queen Charlotte Fault system in the...
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2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake (redirect from 2012 Queen Charlotte Island earthquake)
interrupted in Bella Coola. Although the earthquake occurred on the Queen Charlotte Fault, a primarily strike-slip boundary between the Pacific and North...
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New Madrid Seismic Zone (redirect from New Madrid Fault Line)
Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) (/ˈmædrɪd/), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes...
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formed as a result of the Pacific Plate sliding northward along the Queen Charlotte Fault, on its way to the Aleutian Trench, which extends along the southern...
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Sea Transform fault Pakistan's Chaman Fault Turkey's North Anatolian Fault North America's Queen Charlotte Fault Myanmar's Sagaing Fault Fracture zone –...
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Sitka. The dormant volcano is about 9.9 miles (16 km) east of the Queen Charlotte Fault that separates the North American and Pacific Plates, and is the...
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Cascadia subduction zone (redirect from Cascadia fault zone)
intersects the Queen Charlotte Fault and the Explorer Ridge. To the south, just off Cape Mendocino in California, it intersects the San Andreas Fault and the...
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the North American Plate. The Queen Charlotte Fault on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America The Motagua Fault, which crosses through Guatemala...
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the Sovanco Fracture Zone to the Queen Charlotte Triple Junction, a point where it meets the Queen Charlotte Fault and the northern Cascadia subduction...
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The range is home to the Fairweather Fault, an active geologic transform fault of the larger Queen Charlotte Fault along the boundary between the Pacific...
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beneath western Queen Charlotte Sound but not elsewhere in the Queen Charlotte Basin. Caprock-breaching faults are sparser in Queen Charlotte Sound than in...
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and volcanic activity in the belt has likely ceased. The active Queen Charlotte Fault on the west coast of the Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, has generated...
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collision totally ends slightly further east, where the Queen Charlotte Fault becomes the dominant fault of the tectonic regime. This specific area of the Aleutian...
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intersect here are the Queen Charlotte Fault, the northern Cascadia subduction zone, and the Explorer Ridge. The Queen Charlotte triple junction is currently...
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Eltanin Fault System Macquarie Fault Zone Mendocino Fracture Zone Murray Fracture Zone Molucca Sea Collision Zone Queen Charlotte Fault Sorong Fault Carnegie...
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generally forming a transform fault, such as the Queen Charlotte Fault running north of Vancouver Island, and the San Andreas Fault on the coast of California...
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aligns with the West Coast fault and Queen Charlotte Fault system of strike-slip fault zones (similar to the San Andreas Fault in California) on the west...
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a seismically active site southwest of the southern end of the Queen Charlotte Fault. They are named after Canadian geologist John Tuzo Wilson. The two...
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earthquake, magnitude Mw 7.6 associated with strike-slip on the Queen Charlotte Fault - the first supershear event recognised on an oceanic plate boundary...
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Cascadia subduction zone and the Pacific Plate sliding along the Queen Charlotte Fault. Large earthquakes have led to collapsing mountains, landslides...
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with the Pacific Northwest, creating a transform fault plate boundary similar to the Queen Charlotte Fault. During this passive plate boundary, the Kula...
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extensional forces as the Pacific Plate slides northward along the Queen Charlotte Fault to the west, on its way to the Aleutian Trench, which extends along...
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formed as a result of the Pacific Plate sliding northward along the Queen Charlotte Fault, on its way to the Aleutian Trench. As the continental crust stretches...
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strike-slip faulting exists. When this transition ends, faulting is completely right-lateral transform and is largely accommodated along the Queen Charlotte Fault...
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