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Are there different types of faults for earthquakes?

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limbonics (319) 1/8/10 1:48am

Yes. Three kinds of faults exist for different types of earthquakes: normal, reverse (thrust), and ground-slip.

Citations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake#Earthquake_fault_types
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault_(geology)

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