fault zone

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noun Geology.

a network of interconnected fractures representing the surficial expression of a fault.

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Origin of fault zone

First recorded in 1930–35

GPS receivers installed at fault zones can tell scientists how much the land moves between, during and after earthquakes.
What can ‘silent earthquakes’ teach us about the next Big One?|JoAnna Wendel|November 11, 2021|Science News For Students
Before slow-slip events were discovered, scientists would visit fault zones periodically with a GPS unit to measure its position.
What can ‘silent earthquakes’ teach us about the next Big One?|JoAnna Wendel|November 11, 2021|Science News For Students
So they started placing “continuously-operating” GPS units at fault zones.
What can ‘silent earthquakes’ teach us about the next Big One?|JoAnna Wendel|November 11, 2021|Science News For Students
The Enriquillo-Plantain Garden fault zone passes straight through that peninsula, marking where the Caribbean tectonic plate to the south grinds against the small Gonâve tectonic plate to the north.
Haiti’s citizen seismologists helped track its devastating quake in real time|Carolyn Gramling|August 18, 2021|Science News

Even if a fault zone has recently experienced an earthquake, however, there is no guarantee that all the stress has been relieved.
Earthquakes|Kaye M. Shedlock