Wasatch Fault - Wikipedia
WEBThe Wasatch Fault is an active fault located primarily on the western edge of the Wasatch Mountains in the U.S. states of Utah and Idaho. The fault is about 240 miles (390 kilometres) long, stretching from southern Idaho, through northern Utah, before terminating in central Utah near the town of Fayette .
The Wasatch Fault from Above - Utah Geological Survey
WEBThe Wasatch fault zone is one of the best studied continental normal-fault zones on Earth. Although the Wasatch fault has been previously mapped, much of the mapping is spatially coarse and not at the accuracy needed for effective land …
How Big and How Frequent Are Earthquakes on the Wasatch Fault?
WEBFeb 1, 2015 · The Wasatch fault zone quakes occur on normal faults that dip at an angle under the valley to the west. Repeated fault movements during earthquakes have formed the mountains to the east and the valleys to the west.
Utah Faults - Utah Geological Survey
WEBSome of the most active faults in Utah include the Wasatch fault along the Wasatch Front, the Hurricane fault in Southern Utah, and the Needles fault zone in Canyonlands National Park.
‘Curved’ Wasatch fault may be even more destructive and deadly than ...
WEBMar 19, 2021 · In the year since a magnitude 5.7 earthquake, Utah’s complicated Wasatch fault has come into sharper focus, thanks to thousands of aftershocks that scientists were able to observe and analyze,...
WEBThe Wasatch fault zone (WFZ) is a 220 mile-long (350 km) fault zone comprised of 10 segments in southeastern Idaho and central-northern Utah. The central five segments of the WFZ
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Wasatch Fault - Utah
WEBin its crust. Movement can be horizontal, vert. cal, or both. The Wasatch fault is called a normal fault, because the slip is mostly vertical - the mountain block (Wasatch Range) moves upward relative to the adjacent downward-moving. valley block. The 240-mile-long fault is sectioned into 10 segments averag-ing 25 mi.
How active are the end segments of the Wasatch fault zone? New ...
WEBJan 1, 2007 · Over 30 years of systematic research on the prehistoric surface-faulting earthquakes of Utah’s Wasatch fault zone have made it arguably the most well-studied long, segmented normal fault in the world.
Wasatch Fault - BYU Geology
WEBThe Wasatch fault is an extensional fault that is still seismically active and dozens of small earthquakes occur along it each year. It is broken into several segments that run from Nephi in the south to the Idaho border in the north.
New Mapping Of The Wasatch Fault Published Online
WEBMay 1, 2020 · Faults in the Wasatch Front are capable of generating earthquakes approximately up to magnitude 7.6, releasing about 700 times more energy than the Magna earthquake. At magnitude 6.5 an earthquake can rupture the ground surface producing a fault scarp, uplift, of several inches to up to 20 feet high, extending for up to 40 miles.