Types of Faults

A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

How does a reverse fault form?

• The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
• Compression thrusts the fault into reverse.
• Blocks slide past each other.
• The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.

When the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall, what kind of fault is it?

• strike-slip
• normal
• reverse

A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways is called:

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

What type of stress is this?

• compression
• shearing
• tension

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

What type of stress is this?

• compression
• shearing
• tension

• normal fault
• reverse fault
• strike-slip fault

Which type of wave arrives to a point first?

• Primary Waves (P-Waves)
• Secondary Waves (S-Waves)
• Rayleigh Waves
• Love Waves

This is the area above ground where the earthquake starts

• focus
• epicenter
• p waves
• plate boundary