strike-slip earthquake
C63480
concept
A strike-slip earthquake is a seismic event caused by horizontal movement along a nearly vertical fault plane, where two blocks of the Earth's crust slide past each other laterally.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| strike-slip earthquake canonical | 2 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: strike-slip earthquake
Generated description
A strike-slip earthquake is a seismic event caused by horizontal movement along a nearly vertical fault plane, where two blocks of the Earth's crust slide past each other laterally.
Instances (2)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| 1992 Landers earthquake | — |
| 1999 Hector Mine earthquake | — |