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The Clarendon-Linden fault system is a major series of fault lines in western New York state, in the United States. It extends through Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, and into Allegany counties and is responsible for much of the seismic activity in the region. The system is named in part for the town of Clarendon, New York.
The stress that causes the earthquakes is generally considered to be derived from present-day rifting at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The northeastern U.S. has many known faults, but numerous smaller or deeply buried faults probably remain undetected. Virtually all of the known faults have not been active for perhaps 90 million years or more.
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday morning near Buffalo, New York, the strongest recorded in the area in 40 years. The quake hit 1.24 miles east-northeast of West Seneca, New York, with a ...
Fault (geology)#Strike-slip faults: Active: 1989 Maquarie Isl. (8.2), 2008 Macquarie Island earthquake (M7.1) Mae Chan Fault: 120: Thailand and Laos: Sinstral: Active: 2007 Laos (M6.3) Magallanes–Fagnano Fault: South America: Transform: Main Boundary Thrust: 2000: Himalaya: Thrust: Active (although not uniformly) Main Central Thrust: 2200 ...
Earthquakes are most common along fault lines, which are fractures that allow the plates to move. Earthquakes occur when two plates suddenly slip past each other, setting off seismic waves that ...
Energy release associated with rapid movement on active faults is the cause of most earthquakes. Faults may also displace slowly, by aseismic creep. [2] A fault plane is the plane that represents the fracture surface of a fault. A fault trace or fault line is a place where the fault can be seen or mapped on the surface.
Earthquake and tsunami modelers are beginning to assess how the new data affects earthquake scenarios for the Pacific Northwest. Kelin Wang, a research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada ...
A view of New York City after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New York and New Jersey. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images) ... While the fault lines are being monitored, ...