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Perhaps the most famous is the San Andreas fault in California in the US.

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Where do most faults occurs?

Most Faults Occur Where The Earths Crust Is Extended


How are earths faults different from your faults?

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How are are earths faults different from your faults?

Your faults are flaws in your personality. Earth's faults are cracks in the ground along which blocks of rock move.


Cracks in Earths crust where surrounding rock has moved or shifted are called?

Faults.


What are the three mayor faults?

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What is a volcano fault?

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What often occurs along faults or breaks in earths crust where movement occurs?

earthquakes


What often happens along large cracks called faults at the edge of the Earths plates?

Earthquakes


What is the term for the sudden movement of rock along fractures of faults in the earths crust?

The term is 'earthquake'.


Faults can form in which layer of the earth?

Faults are formed at the outer solid layers of the Earth. They are developed within the earths crust or Lithosphere.


What is a break in the earths crust called that can move up down or sideways?

A break in the Earth's crust that can move up, down, or sideways is called a fault. Faults are classified based on the direction of movement, with different types including normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. Movement along faults can result in earthquakes.


When tectonic plates move slip past each other they cause in earths crust?

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