fault

Summary

fault ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,048 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• fault is made of rock^[2].
• fault is a type of fracture^[3].
• fault's Commons category is recorded as Faults^[4].
• fault comprises footwall^[5].
• fault comprises hanging wall^[6].
• fault's has cause is recorded as mechanical stress^[7].
• fault's has cause is recorded as earthquake^[8].
• fault's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Seismic faults^[9].
• fault's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[10].
• fault's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11].
• fault's described by source is recorded as Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia^[12].
• fault's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox fault^[13].
• fault's manifestation of is recorded as rock^[14].
• fault's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5095^[15].
• fault's different from is recorded as Q12884086^[16].
• fault's studied by is recorded as structural geology^[17].
• fault's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

fault is a type of fracture^[3].

Use and Application

Components include footwall^[5] and hanging wall^[6].

Why It Matters

fault ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,048 views/month).^[1] fault has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] fault is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]