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fracture or discontinuity in rock across which there is displacement
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A fault is a crack or break in rock where the two sides have shifted or moved relative to each other. Faults matter because they can cause earthquakes, affect how water and oil move underground, and influence the landscape we see around us.
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- manifestation of
- rock
- studied by
- structural geology
- Commons category
- Faults
- topic's main category
- Category:Seismic faults
- described by source
- Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia
- topic has template
- Template:Infobox fault
- has cause
- earthquake
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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