Zone of multiple thrust faults that passes through Seattle
Seattle Fault
The Seattle Fault cuts across Puget Sound and into Seattle itself. Restoration Point in the foreground, Alki Point is barely seen at the right edge of the picture.
The Seattle Fault is a zone of multiple shallow east–west thrust faults that cross the Puget Sound Lowland and through Seattle (in the U.S. state of Washington) in the vicinity of Interstate Highway 90. The Seattle Fault was first recognized as a significant seismic hazard in 1992, when a set of reports showed that about 1,100 years ago it was the scene of a major earthquake of about magnitude 7 – an event that entered Native American oral traditions. Extensive research has since shown the Seattle Fault to be part of a regional system of faults.
The SeattleFault is a zone of multiple shallow east–west thrust faults that cross the Puget Sound Lowland and through Seattle (in the U.S. state of Washington)...
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earthquake documented on the SeattleFault 24 miles (38 km) to the north. The Tacoma Fault – actually a zone of connected faults – was first suspected from...
depths. A damaging magnitude 7 interplate earthquake occurred on the SeattleFault around 900–930 CE that generated 3 meters of uplift and a 4-5 meter...
The 1965 quake caused three deaths in Seattle directly and one more by heart failure. Although the SeattleFault passes just south of the city center,...
Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) (/ˈmædrɪd/), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes...
This list covers all faults and fault-systems that are either geologically important[clarification needed] or connected to prominent seismic activity.[clarification...
by a SeattleFault event around 900 CE. Buerge, D. M. (March 6, 1985), "Lost Seattle, our shameful neglect of a rich archeological past", Seattle Weekly...
forests were both a part of the scientific discovery of a major fault line under Seattle, Washington, and part of a timber piracy case in the late 20th...
Fault tree analysis (FTA) is a type of failure analysis in which an undesired state of a system is examined. This analysis method is mainly used in safety...
the south, the existence of a second fault, the Tacoma Fault, has buckled the intervening strata in the Seattle Uplift. Typical Puget Sound profiles of...
edge of Cougar Mountain is distinct due to the SeattleFault, which runs along I-90. The SeattleFault caused a large earthquake approximately 1100 years...
This combination was used most famously to find the location of the SeattleFault in Washington, United States. This combination also measures uplift...
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geologic fault, now named the Toe Jam Hill Fault, north of the hill. It may intersect and may be secondary to the SeattleFault. It was the first fault discovered...
that were always on the shoreline, but tectonic activity around the SeattleFault may have put Haleets in the intertidal zone. Bainbridge Island Historical...
0–7.3 earthquake in about 900AD on the SeattleFault. The M6.5 1965 Puget Sound earthquake shook the Seattle, Washington, area, causing substantial damage...
The Denali Fault is a major intracontinental dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault in western North America, extending from northwestern British Columbia...
a result of normal faulting within the descending slab, but it has not been possible to determine which of the two possible fault planes indicated by...
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"Indian Bowls". North West Coast Archaeology. Retrieved 3 June 2016. "SeattleFault Zone – 900–930 AD earthquake larger than previously thought". Phys.org...
XI (Extreme). The strike-slip earthquake took place on the Fairweather Fault and triggered a rockslide of 30 million cubic meters (40 million cubic yards)...
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