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The Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault.
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What type of fault caused the 1556 shaanxi earthquake in china?
A normal fault caused the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake.
What is the vibration caused when there is movement along a fault?
It causes and earthquake
What caused the L'Aquila Earthquake?
It was caused by movement on a NW-SE trending normal fault
Which tectonic plates caused the Haitian earthquake of January 2010?
On a global tectonic scale, movement of the Caribbean and the North American plates were responsible for the Haitian earthquake. However on a subregional tectonic scale, there is a smaller plate that separates the Caribbean and the North American plates known as the Gonave micro-plate on which Haiti is partly situated (on the eastern end). The Gonave micro-plate is bounded to the north by the Oriente and Septentrional Fracture Zones and to the south by the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault, movement on which caused the magnitude 7 Haitian earthquake on the 12th of January 2010. Please see the related questions and links.
What were the causes of loma prieta?
The Loma Prieta earthquake was caused by a slip in the San Andreas fault or the Subsidiary fault.
What caused the haiyuan earthquake?
The Haitian earthquake was caused by the faultline the country sits on.
Was they Haiti earthquake caused by constructive plate boundaries?
No. The Haitian earthquake was caused by a transform boundary.
What are the similarities between the Haitian earthquake and San Francisco earthquake?
Both of these earthquakes occurred due to movement on a transform fault. In the San Francisco earthquakes, this movement occurred on the San Andereas fault and in Haiti this was caused by movement on the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault.
Does an earthquake cause a fault?
No an earthquake is caused because in that certain area where the earthquake was , there was a fault line.
What type of fault caused the 1556 shaanxi earthquake in china?
A normal fault caused the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake.
Do strike slip faults only occur in California?
No. They can form anywhere on Earth's surface / within the lithosphere that is affected by shear stress. For example the fault that caused the 2010 Haitian earthquake was a strike slip fault.
What fault caused the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?
The San Andreas Fault
What type of fault is Shakespeare Bridge which was caused by northridge earthquake?
normal fault and reverse fault.
What was the cause of the San Francisco earthquake?
The San Francisco earthquake was caused by a rift in the San Andreas fault.
What type of fault caused the rat islands earthquake?
On February 4th, 1965, a reverse fault caused the Rat Islands Earthquake, Alaska, at 5:01 A.M.
What is the vibration caused when there is movement along a fault?
It causes and earthquake
What caused the L'Aquila Earthquake?
It was caused by movement on a NW-SE trending normal fault
