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- Dictionaryfault/fɔːlt/
noun
- 1. an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character: "my worst fault is impatience"
- 2. responsibility for an accident or misfortune: "if books were not selling, it wasn't the fault of the publishers" Similar
verb
- 1. criticize for inadequacy or mistakes: "her superiors could not fault her dedication to the job"
- 2. (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults: "the continental crust has been thinned and faulted as a result of geological processes"
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5 days ago · Earthquake, any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through Earth’s rocks. Earthquakes occur most often along geologic faults, narrow zones where rock masses move in relation to one another. Learn more about the causes and effects of earthquakes in this article.
- Over the centuries, earthquakes have been responsible for millions of deaths and an incalculable amount of damage to property. Depending on their i...
- Earthquake waves, more commonly known as seismic waves, are vibrations generated by an earthquake and propagated within Earth or along its surface....
- Magnitude is a measure of the amplitude (height) of the seismic waves an earthquake’s source produces as recorded by seismographs. Seismologist Cha...
- Earthquakes can occur anywhere, but they occur mainly along fault lines (planar or curved fractures in the rocks of Earth’s crust), where compressi...
5 days ago · strike-slip fault, in geology, a fracture in the rocks of Earth’s crust in which the rock masses slip past one another parallel to the strike, the intersection of a rock surface with the surface or another horizontal plane.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · The geometry of fault systems both at the surface and at depth is one of the primary factors controlling the size of potential earthquakes on Earth. Big earthquakes rupture big faults or a multitude of smaller faults. Therefore, knowing the structure of faults at depth is fundamental basic knowledge required for accurate seismic hazard assessment.
6 days ago · fault A discrete planar rock fracture which shows evidence of a displacement (the throw of the fault). A fault is a discrete surface. fault zone The zone where exist different discrete fault planes. feldspar Any of a set of the most common minerals in the Earth's crust.
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5 days ago · Sometimes a large earthquake is followed by a similar one along the same fault source within an hour or perhaps a day. An extreme case of this is multiple earthquakes. In most instances, however, the first principal earthquake of a series is much more severe than the aftershocks .
4 days ago · Where the plates meet, their relative motion determines the type of plate boundary (or fault): convergent, divergent, or transform. The relative movement of the plates typically ranges from zero to 10 cm annually. Faults tend to be geologically active, experiencing earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation.
2 days ago · An earthquake is a weak to violent shaking of the ground produced by the sudden movement of rock materials below the earth’s surface. The earthquakes originate in tectonic plate boundary.
