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Glossary of earthquake terms
Hector Mine surface rupture after 1999 earthquake in southern
California. (Photo by Katherine Kendrick, U.S. Geological
Survey)
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Surface faulting
Surface faulting
is displacement
that reaches the earth's surface during slip along a fault.
Commonly occurs with shallow earthquakes, those with an
epicenter less than 20 km.
Surface faulting also may accompany aseismic creep
or natural or man-induced subsidence.
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