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Wasatch Fault
Normal Fault · United States of America
The Wasatch Fault is a normal fault, where the blocks pull apart and one of them drops. Its mapped traces are about 310 km long in the United States of America. It lies within the North American Plate, which deforms under the push of neighbouring plates. Its slip rate is estimated between 0.5 and 1.7 mm per year depending on the section.
- Type
- Normal Fault
- Mapped Length
- ≈ 310 km
- Slip Rate
- 0.5 – 1.7 mm per year
- Countries
- United States of America
- Plates
- North American Plate
Sources: GEM Global Active Faults (Styron et Pagani, 2020), CC BY-SA 4.0, catalogue USGS Hazfaults 2014 · NOAA NCEI · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Wikidata