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Bookmark or Share- Interactive U.S. Fault Map | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.govMap showing Quaternary faults in the western U.S. and Pacific Ocean. Note that most faults that can affect residents are either onshore or just offshore. The various colors and line types indicate different ages of the most recent earthquakes on the fault and how well the location of the fault is constrained.
- What is a fault and what are the different types?What is a fault and what are the different types? A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the blocks to move relative to each other. This movement may occur rapidly, in the form of an earthquake - or may occur slowly, in the form of creep.
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