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Subduction zone (continental collision) Active: 1505 Lo Mustang ... United States: Normal fault: Active: 2008 Illinois (M5.4) Wasatch Fault: Utah, United States ...
Seismic faults of Washington (state) (4 P) Pages in category "Seismic faults of the United States" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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.
In Michigan, most fault lines that were potentially visible long ago are now buried deep under sedimentary deposits, so we often don't know they exist until an earthquake happens along them.For ...
What are the fault lines under New York and New Jersey? Fault lines are fractures between blocks of rock in the Earth’s crust, the layer closest to the surface. These lines allow tectonic plates ...
The first statewide geologic map of Georgia was published in 1825. It was a 1:1,000,000 scale map of Georgia and Alabama published by Henry Schenck Tanner. [3] In 1849 W.T. Williams published the geological features for the state on a 1:120,000 scale map within George White's (1849) Statistics of the State of Georgia report. [4]
Multiple notable earthquakes have struck the United States this year, including a powerful quake in California and a historic event on the East Coast earlier in 2024. Strong earthquakes can lead ...
Shaded relief map of the United States, showing 10 geological provinces. The richly textured landscape of the United States is a product of the dueling forces of plate tectonics, weathering and erosion. Over the 4.5 billion-year history of the Earth, tectonic upheavals and colliding plates have raised great mountain ranges while the forces of ...