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Wasatch Fault - how big how frequent - EQ

2014 (approx.)

Detailed Description

A typical, benched paleoseismic trench exposure across the Wasatch fault scarp. The fault scarp at this Flat Canyon site is about 13 m high and formed as a result of several surface-faulting earthquakes. Photo by Scott Bennett, 2014.

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Public Domain.