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Denali Fault
Strike-Slip Fault · United States of America, Canada
The Denali Fault is a strike-slip fault, where the two blocks slide horizontally past each other. Its mapped traces are about 2,650 km long in the United States of America and Canada. It lies within the North American Plate, which deforms under the push of neighbouring plates. Its slip rate is estimated between 0.2 and 5 mm per year depending on the section. Since 1900, 2 major earthquakes have occurred within 30 km of its trace.
- Type
- Strike-Slip Fault
- Mapped Length
- ≈ 2,650 km
- Slip Rate
- 0.2 – 5 mm per year
- Countries
- United States of America, Canada
- Plates
- North American Plate
Major Earthquakes Within 30 km
Deadly or magnitude 7+ earthquakes recorded by NOAA, most recent first.
- 20182018 Anchorage Earthquake · M 7.1
- 20022002 Denali Earthquake · M 7.9
Sources: GEM Global Active Faults (Styron et Pagani, 2020), CC BY-SA 4.0, catalogue GEM Faulted Earth · NOAA NCEI · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Wikidata