no ,the fault stays there.
When the two crusts rubbing together start to crack and cracks form and big or small pieces of the crust break off of the big piece in which they came from. (The crust is the land) Its called the epicenter.
A crack in the Earth's crust that can lead to an earthquake is called a fault.
Sorry misspelling - what size of an earthquake would destroy thirty foot bridges and leave half foot cracks in the earth?
Earthquakes shift plates in the earth some times causeing building to knock down buildings or cause cracks , sometimes minor sometimes major,
Faulting is a type of brittle deformation; rocks crack and then move along those cracks. Deep inside Earth rocks are hotter and softer, so they will deform in a ductile manner, stretching and flowing like taffy.
It cracks it
the deep crack in the earth's surface is the rift
the deep crack in the earth's surface is the rift
earthquake disintegrates the earth crust or forms cracks
falling houses earth cracks.
the deep crack in the earth's surface is the rift
"Fissure" is one word meaning a crack in the surface of the Earth. Others are "fault" and "rift".
A large crack in the Earth, formed by a river or an earthquake, would be called a canyon, such as the Grand Canyon, formed by the Colorado River. A smaller crack might be called a fissure.
There are vaults in Earth's surface. They can be anywhere. These vaults are just cracks in the earth. The 2 pieces put a lot of pressure together, forming an earthquake, later turning into a mountain or a depression. If a vault is underwater, it causes an earthquake, as the one in Japan. Japan's earthquake had 8.9 magnitude. An earthquake underwater causes the water to overwhelm, and it causes a tsunami.
When the two crusts rubbing together start to crack and cracks form and big or small pieces of the crust break off of the big piece in which they came from. (The crust is the land) Its called the epicenter.
A crack in the Earth's crust that can lead to an earthquake is called a fault.
"Fissure" is one word meaning a crack in the surface of the Earth. Others are "fault" and "rift".