Denali Fault

Denali Fault
Tectonic map of Alaska and northwestern Canada showing main faults and historic earthquakes

The Denali Fault is a major intracontinental dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault in western North America, extending from northwestern British Columbia, Canada to the U.S. state of central Alaska.[1] It was the main fault along which the 2002 Denali earthquake occurred, which was measured as a magnitude of 7.9 Mw.[2]

See also

  • Tintina Fault

References

  1. ^ Distribution, nature, and origin of Neogene–Quaternary magmatism in the northern Cordilleran volcanic province, Canada
  2. ^ http://www.sciencemag.org/content/300/5622/1113.abstract

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