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  2. List of fault zones - Wikipedia

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    San Andreas Fault System (Banning fault, Mission Creek fault, South Pass fault, San Jacinto fault, Elsinore fault) 1300: California, United States: Dextral strike-slip: Active: 1906 San Francisco (M7.7 to 8.25), 1989 Loma Prieta (M6.9) San Ramón Fault: Chile: Thrust fault: Sawtooth Fault: Idaho, United States: Normal fault: Seattle Fault ...

  3. New Madrid seismic zone - Wikipedia

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    The New 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 intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri.

  4. Ramapo Fault - Wikipedia

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    The Ramapo Fault has been blamed for several past earthquakes, but the specific association of any significant earthquake with this fault has yet to be demonstrated. [6] A damaging earthquake affecting New York City in 1884 was incorrectly argued to be caused by the Ramapo fault, likely because it is the most prominent mapped fault in the ...

  5. What causes earthquakes? The science behind why seismic ... - AOL

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    The prediction is based on research done by dozens of scientists and engineers using seismic studies, historical geological data and new information to identify nearly 500 additional fault lines ...

  6. Geology of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The Auglaize Fault goes from Darke County, Ohio to Hancock County, Ohio. [7] The Sheriden Cave, a karst sinkhole in Wyandot County, Ohio. The Bowling Green Fault goes from Findlay, Ohio to southern Michigan. [8]

  7. Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line, or Fall Zone, is a 900-mile (1,400 km) escarpment where the Piedmont and Atlantic coastal plain meet in the eastern United States. [2] Much of the Atlantic Seaboard fall line passes through areas where no evidence of faulting is present.

  8. Fault (geology) - Wikipedia

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    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. A fault trace is also the line commonly plotted on geologic maps to represent a fault. [3] [4] A fault zone is a cluster of parallel faults.

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