Strike-slip faults produce little to no vertical offset between the two plates but significant lateral onset. In fact, type of faulting is the predominant fault type in western California such as ...

Strike-slip faults can be either right-lateral (dextral) or left-lateral (sinistral), depending on the direction the opposite block of land appears to have moved.

Moment tensor analysis indicated almost pure left-lateral strike-slip motion on near vertical faults with a total moment magnitude (Mw) close to 7.9. Nine hours later at 13:24 (10:24 GMT), another ...

For a right lateral strike-slip fault (not shown), no matter which side of the fault you are on, the other side is moving to the right. Fun Fact: The Keweenaw Peninsula—home to Michigan Tech and ...

New strike-slip fault formed in the center of the basin, which effectively accommodated normal faulting of the boundary faults of the basin and caused the basin to shrink and die out.

The deadly earthquake that struck near Mandalay on Friday was caused by “strike-slip faulting” along the boundary of the India and ... right-lateral fault or a west-striking, left-lateral ...