1. How is a fault formed?
2. Which type of fault movements is classified as horizontal?
3. Which type of fault movements are classified as vertical?
4. What is an earthquake?
5. How does movement along the fault generate earthquake?
2. Which type of fault movements is classified as horizontal?
3. Which type of fault movements are classified as vertical?
4. What is an earthquake?
5. How does movement along the fault generate earthquake?
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1. It forms when rock above an inclined fracture plane moves downward, sliding along the rock on the other side of the fracture.
2. strike-slip faults
3. reverse faulting,
4. An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
5. The friction across the surface of the fault holds the rocks together so they do not slip immediately when pushed sideways.
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