If you are asking what is another word for it... A fissure or Fault(line).
a fracture
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a fault or fissure
Fault.
Faults
a fault
a crack in earths crust
A fault.
fualts
Fault.
Fault
Crust
A crack in the earth's crust would more correctly be termed a discontinuity (this may also be known as a fracture or fissure). A discontinuity on which relative movement has occurred is known as a fault.
There is no difference. The definition of fault is precisely: a crack in the Earth's crust.
Tectonic Plate.
A *fault* is a slip or crack in the earths crust.
the movement of earths plates or crust
Faults
a fault
a crack in earths crust