Knowledge 3 main types of fault lines and how they form earthquakes Faults are classified into three main types: normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults.

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Normal fault systems bounding extensional basins are typically adjoined by a series of subbasins separated by intrabasin highs. The strata within these basins form syndepositional anticlines and ...

The 2020 Stanley earthquake also exposed the intricate geometry of the area’s faults. While early models predicted a rupture on the east-dipping Sawtooth normal fault, later analysis showed a ...

But faults get narrower and narrower as you move away from the ridge. They’re still normal faults, but they’ve been partly reversed or “unfaulted” back toward a smooth surface.

An example of a normal fault is the 240-mile-long (150-kilometer-long) Wasatch Fault underlying parts of Utah and Idaho, again caused by the Pacific plate driving under western North America.

A map by the California Geological Survey shows faults near the Lake Almanor area in Plumas County, where a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Thursday, May 11, 2023, followed by a magnitude 5.2 ...