What kind of faults would you expect to find in the Himalaya Mountains Why?
The Himalaya in Tibet formed when two of Earth’s plates collided. What type of faults would you expect to find in these mountains? A reverse fault.
Which causes reverse fault?
Compressional stress, meaning rocks pushing into each other, creates a reverse fault. In this type of fault, the hanging wall and footwall are pushed together, and the hanging wall moves upward along the fault relative to the footwall. This is literally the ‘reverse’ of a normal fault.
What do reverse faults create?
(A) Reverse faults display severe damage in the form of landslides over the fault trace caused by the inability of the hanging wall to support the overhang caused by the fault displacement, folds, and compression features within the fractured hanging wall, and compressional block tilting.
Where are the major earthquake fault lines?
The New Madrid Seismic Zone (/ˈmædrɪd/), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri.
Which earthquake had the most deaths?
The following table lists the deadliest earthquakes on record according to date, location, number of deaths, and magnitude. On Jan. 23, 1556, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck Shansi, China killing 830,000 people….(50,000 deaths or more)
| Date | July 27, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Location | Tangshan, China |
| Deaths | 255,000 1 |
| Magnitude | 7.5 |
Which country has the most earthquakes?
China
How long would a 9.0 earthquake last?
five minutes
What was the highest tsunami ever?
Lituya Bay
What are the top 10 earthquakes in the world?
10 Most Powerful Earthquakes in Earth History
- Valdivia Earthquake (1960)– 9.5.
- Great Alaska Earthquake (1964)– 9.2.
- Sumatra Earthquake (2004)– 9.1.
- Tōhoku Earthquake (2011) – 9.1.
- Kamchatka, Russia Earthquake (1952) – 9.0.
- Maule(Chile) Earthquake (2010)– 8.8.
- Ecuador-Colombia Earthquake(1906)– 8.8.