The 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) …

The 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 …

Feb 1, 2015 · The Wasatch Fault parallels the western base of the Wasatch Range for approximately 350 km (220 miles), from near Fayette, Utah in the south to near Malad City, …

Utah has experienced many earthquakes, large and small, because of its abundance of faults and fault zones. Some of the most active faults in Utah include the Wasatch fault along the …

asatch fault. Typically, the fault is easily recognized as a steep, almost continuous escarpment along the base of the . asatch Range. This escarpment, or fault scarp, forms when large …

The 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 …

Mar 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 …

The Wasatch fault, comprising 10 segments that rupture independently, is the longest active normal fault in the United States. Its five central segments extend through the Wasatch Front …

Jan 19, 2023 · The Wasatch Fault runs along the Wasatch Front region in north-central Utah, and has an 18% probability of one or more magnitude 6.75 or greater earthquakes in the next 50 …

Jan 1, 1991 · The Wasatch fault zone (WFZ) forms the eastern boundary of the Basin and Range province and is the longest continuous, active normal fault (343 km) in the United States.