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Fault lines are everywhere. Any break in the bedrock is a fault. They can range from major faults at "plate boundaries," which can run for hundreds or thousands of miles, all the way down to micro-faults almost too small to see.
Mountain ranges are associated with faulting. The Appalachian range contains many thrust faults, where layers of rock were pushed up on top of other layers of rock. This sort of faulting is caused by compression, by the whole area having been crushed east to west.
Out west (in New Mexico, for example), you have the Basin and Range region, which includes mountains caused by the exact opposite, by stretching the continental crust. When stretched, the crust broke into huge blocks. Some of the blocks subsided deeper into the earth, creating the basins. The rest did not, creating the ranges.
If you are talking about the fault lines that cause earthquakes, the most active ones are the San Andreas and associated faults along the entire West Coast (on land in California and on the seabed off northern California and points north of there) and the Aleutian Trench and associated faults in and near southern Alaska. These have medium to large earthquakes, "regularly" and fairly often.
However, there are other earthquake faults almost everywhere. These aren't much to worry about, usually - we think. Generally the earthquakes across the interior of the continent are small and infrequent.
There have been large ones in these unusual locations, however. Charleston, South Carolina, was badly damaged by an earthquake in 1886. The New Madrid, Missouri earthquake of 1812 might have been the biggest ever recorded in the US.
These earthquakes in the interior of the continent don't happen very often. That's good, of course, because it means there's less chance of people being hurt and property being destroyed. However, there's a downside: The only way we can predict earthquakes, at present, is to observe a series of them; if an earthquake has occurred along a given fault line every 10 years, on average, over a period of 100 years, you can assume you'll continue to get one every 10 years or so. Earthquakes like New Madrid are so rare we've only seen one in our recorded history. Therefore we don't know when, or even if, another earthquake might occur there.
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Do tornadoes follow fault lines?
No. Tornadoes have absolutely nothing to do with fault lines.
Do most earthquakes occur on fault lines?
Most earthquakes do occur on fault lines.
Why are California's mountains and valleys generally parallel to the coast?
The fault lines
Are the appearance of tornadoes due to the earths fault lines?
No. Tornadoes are a weather phenomenon and have absolutely nothing to do with fault lines.
Does Brisbane have any fault lines?
In short, no.
What Fault lines are on the east coast?
The Brevard Fault Line runs through Georgia.
Are there any plates and boundaries in Georgia?
Yes there are. The brevard fault (sits under north atlanta) is a dormant fault that used to be a plate boundary between the north American plate and Atlantic plates. There are many more fault lines that make up Georgia's land.
Is Georgia a fault or no fault state?
Residents of Georgia can file either a no-fault divorce or fault divorce. There are 12 possible grounds for fault divorces.
Are there fault lines in Haiti?
yes there are fault lines in haiti
Are fault lines caused by earthquakes?
No, fault lines cause earthquakes
What destructive landforms are in Georgia?
The Emerson Fault and Brevard Fault Zone are Destructive Forces in Georgia.
Do tornadoes follow fault lines?
No. Tornadoes have absolutely nothing to do with fault lines.
What are some destructive landforms in Georgia?
The Emerson Fault and Brevard Fault Zone are Destructive Forces in Georgia.
Do most earthquakes occur on fault lines?
Most earthquakes do occur on fault lines.
Are there fault lines in England?
Yes. England has minor fault lines but none that are major.
What is 3 facts about Emerson fault?
There are at least two US geologic features called the "Emerson Fault" : one in Georgia and one in southern California. NORTHERN GEORGIA The Emerson Fault is a geologic feature associated with the creation of the Appalachian Mountains. It runs from northern Alabama to near Carterville in northern Georgia. (see related question) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The Emerson Fault, Camp Rock Fault, and Copper Mountain Fault form a 100 km line through the Mojave Desert north and east of Barstow, CA. These faults, among others, were involved in the Landers earthquake of 1992, which occurred north of Yucca Valley and Palm Springs, CA.
Show you a map of all US fault lines?
wheres all the canadian fault lines
