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Wasatch Front Flyby
1. Why is the Intermountain Seismic Belt different from most fault zones?
2. How is the Basin and Range Provence different from the Rocky Mountains and the Colorado
Plateau?
3. How long is the Wasatch Fault?
4. What kind of fault is it?
5. What two aspects of the fault distinguish it from other normal faults?
6. List two characteristics of a normal fault.
7. How long has it been since this fault experienced a large quake?
8. Name the 10 segments of the Wasatch Fault.
9. How long is each segment?
10. What percent of the population of Utah live along the Wasatch Front?
11. What effect does that have on this population’s danger designation?
12. How large do seismologists think a potential earthquake could be?
13. What effect could a magnitude 6.5 or 7.5 earthquake have in the Wasatch Front?
14. What five segments have the greatest risk?
15. How often do significant earthquakes happen in this area?
16. How long ago was the last event?
17. What is the interval between significant earthquakes in the other areas?
18. List the signs that indicate earthquake activity in the Salt Lake segment of the fault.
19. What might happen to make a fault scarp less visible?
20. What is soil liquefaction? Slope failure?
21. What other results might occur due to a large earthquake?
22. What actions has the Utah government enforced to protect the Front?