Thousands of earthquakes occur every day. Most are too minor for humans to feel, but strong earthquakes can cause massive destruction. Here’s what to know
—giant rock slabs that make up Earth's upper layer—collide or slide against each other.
A boy stands in front of a stranded ship in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province after a deadly magnitude 7.5 earthquake and tsunami struck the area on September 28, 2018. The disasterPlease be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.There are several different types of faults, including a normal dip slip fault, reverse fault, and strike-slip fault. Here's what they mean.
An example of a normal fault is the 240-mile long Wasatch Fault underlying parts of Utah and Idaho, again caused by the Pacific plate driving under western North America. One magnitude 7.0 quake along the fault perhaps 550 years ago dropped the ground on one side of the fault by three feet . The U.S. Geological Survey sees the fault as posing a risk of more magnitude 7.0 earthquakes.Faults that combine sideways with up-and-down motions are called oblique by seismologists.
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