So long as they stand facing the fault, they can say it is a left-lateral strike-slip fault if the block on the far side slipped to their left and that is a right-lateral fault if the block on the ...

The deadly earthquake that struck near Mandalay on Friday was caused by “strike-slip faulting” along the boundary of the ...

A reverse fault is defined by the hanging wall moving up relative to the footwall, which is moving down. Strike-slip faults lie between two sides of the crust that slide past each other and are common ...