Wasatch Fault

E136754

active fault geologic fault normal fault

The Wasatch Fault is a major active normal fault system in Utah that poses significant earthquake risk to the densely populated Wasatch Front region.

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Label	Occurrences
Wasatch Fault canonical	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	active fault ⓘ geologic fault ⓘ normal fault ⓘ
associatedWith	Basin subsidence ⓘ Wasatch Range uplift ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dipDirection	west-dipping ⓘ
evidenceOfActivity	Holocene surface ruptures ⓘ
faultType	normal fault ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween	Wasatch Range ⓘ adjacent basin of the Basin and Range Province ⓘ
geologicAge	Quaternary ⓘ
hasSegment	Brigham City segment ⓘ Nephi segment ⓘ Provo segment ⓘ Salt Lake City segment ⓘ Weber segment ⓘ
hazardCategory	major seismic source in Utah ⓘ
length	approximately 240 miles ⓘ approximately 390 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Utah ⓘ
monitoredBy	United States Geological Survey ⓘ Utah Geological Survey ⓘ
movementType	dip-slip ⓘ
nearPopulationCenter	Salt Lake City metropolitan area ⓘ Wasatch Front ⓘ surface form: Wasatch Front metropolitan corridor
orientation	north-south trending ⓘ
partOf	Basin and Range Province ⓘ Wasatch Front ⓘ surface form: Wasatch Front region
passesNear	Brigham City, Utah ⓘ surface form: Brigham City Logan ⓘ Ogden, Utah ⓘ surface form: Ogden Provo, Utah ⓘ surface form: Provo Salt Lake City ⓘ
posesRiskOf	ground shaking ⓘ large earthquakes ⓘ liquefaction in adjacent basins ⓘ surface rupture ⓘ
seismicHazardTo	Salt Lake Valley ⓘ surface form: Wasatch Front urban corridor
state	Utah ⓘ
tectonicSetting	extensional tectonic regime ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wasatch Range → boundedBy → Wasatch Fault ⓘ

Wasatch Front → locatedNearFault → Wasatch Fault ⓘ