GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Faults are fractures in Earth’s crust where rocks on either side of the crack have slid past each other. Sometimes the cracks are tiny, as thin as hair, with barely noticeable movement between the rock layers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Faults are cracks in the earth’s crust along which there is movement. These can be massive (the boundaries between the tectonic plates themselves) or very small. If tension builds up along a fault and then is suddenly released, the result is an earthquake.

Detailed explanation-3: -When a plate cracks, the crack is called a fault or fault line. These faults can store energy, just like a spring. When this energy is released, you get an earthquake. 9.

Detailed explanation-4: -A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the blocks to move relative to each other. This movement may occur rapidly, in the form of an earthquake-or may occur slowly, in the form of creep. Faults may range in length from a few millimeters to thousands of kilometers.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are three main types of fault which can cause earthquakes: normal, reverse (thrust) and strike-slip.