what type of fault is the shaanxi earthquake?

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what type of fault is the shaanxi earthquake?

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2007-12-16 07:23:31 · 1 answers · asked by anonymous 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

what fault caused the shaanxi earthquake

2007-12-16 09:17:45 · update #1

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You meant to ask what kind of fault caused the Shaanxi earthquake. Earthquakes are not faults, they are caused by movement along faults.

I believe normal faulting is the main fault type in the region.

Very few faults, however, have strictly one type of movement.

2007-12-16 08:29:39 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋