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strike-slip fault

fault where the surfaces move laterally with little vertical movement
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strike-slip fault

Summary

strike-slip fault ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (542 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • strike-slip fault is a type of fault[2].
  • strike-slip fault's Commons category is recorded as Strike-slip faults[3].
  • strike-slip fault's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Strike-slip faults[4].

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Definition and Type

strike-slip fault is a type of fault[2].

Why It Matters

strike-slip fault ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (542 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Strike-slip faults
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → fault
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3827]]: strike-slip-faults, Moving from [[Q47089]]"
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