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What is the name of the force that is causing movement at the this fault?
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What name is given to the point on a fault at which the first movement or break occurs during an earthquake?
This is known as the earthquake's focus or hypocentre.
What type of fault caused the Haitian earthquake in January 2010?
The name of the fault line responsible for the January 2010 Haitian earthquake is the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault. It is a strike-slip fault, like the San Andreas Fault in California. Movement occurs horizontally. This fault along with the Oriente and Septentrional Fracture Zones to the north of Haiti are part of the transform boundary that separates the Caribbean and North American plates where the Caribbean plate is moving eastwards by about 20 mm/year relative to the North American plate. However the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault has been locked for approximately 250 years. As such this movement has caused localised stresses to accumulate in the Earth's crust around the locked fault zone over time, causing energy to be stored in the form of elastic strain or elastic potential energy (like that in a compressed spring). Ultimately this stress has exceeded the shear strength of the crust in the fault zone causing a sudden brittle failure or rupture. This in turn causes movement and a sudden release of the stored elastic strain energy in the form of seismic waves (as well as heat and sound). This ultimately resulted in a rupture of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault that was approximately 65 km (40 miles) in length with an average slip of 1.8 m (5.9 ft). Please see the related question for more information.
What is the name of the fault near San Francisco?
The San Andreas fault
What is the name of the fault line in Chile?
Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault i believe
Name the fault that cuts through California?
The most noteworthy is the San Andreas fault.
Name of the hypothesis that explains how earthquakes occurs?
The Elastic-Rebound theory explains how earthquakes occur. Rocks on opposite sides of a fault are subjected to force, causing them to shift. They absorb strength which causes them to deform and exceed their internal strength. A sudden movement occurs along the fault and this causes the energy and rocks to go back to their pre-deformed state.
What is another name for hypocenter?
The place where the movement first occurred in the fault
What is the name of the break in Earth's crust where movement of rock occurs?
A break in the Earth's crust along which there has been some movement is a fault. A fault is considered a planar fracture.
What is the name of the force that resists movement?
friction
What is the name of the force that deforms large bodies of water causing tides?
gravity
What name is given to the point of initial rock movement along a fault during an earthquake?
This is known as the focus or hypocentre.
What name is given to the point on a fault at which the first movement or break occurs during an earthquake?
This is known as the earthquake's focus or hypocentre.
Name a case where it could be dangerous or impractical to use explosives for seismic prospecting?
Causing an explosion on any fault would be extremely dangerous.
Name five kind of landforms caused by plate movement?
synclines, anticlines, folded mountains, fault-block mountains, and plateaus
What kind of faults does compression causes?
a compression force would cause a normal fault. i rember by the name compress "press" together
What is the name of the fault line in Indonesia?
Great sumatran fault is the fault is the fault in indonesia
What type of fault caused the Haitian earthquake in January 2010?
The name of the fault line responsible for the January 2010 Haitian earthquake is the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault. It is a strike-slip fault, like the San Andreas Fault in California. Movement occurs horizontally. This fault along with the Oriente and Septentrional Fracture Zones to the north of Haiti are part of the transform boundary that separates the Caribbean and North American plates where the Caribbean plate is moving eastwards by about 20 mm/year relative to the North American plate. However the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault has been locked for approximately 250 years. As such this movement has caused localised stresses to accumulate in the Earth's crust around the locked fault zone over time, causing energy to be stored in the form of elastic strain or elastic potential energy (like that in a compressed spring). Ultimately this stress has exceeded the shear strength of the crust in the fault zone causing a sudden brittle failure or rupture. This in turn causes movement and a sudden release of the stored elastic strain energy in the form of seismic waves (as well as heat and sound). This ultimately resulted in a rupture of the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault that was approximately 65 km (40 miles) in length with an average slip of 1.8 m (5.9 ft). Please see the related question for more information.
