The Atlas Mountains are a fascinating range in north ... The earthquake resulted from a geological phenomenon called a “reverse fault”. This occurs when tectonic plates collide, causing ...

The Atlas Mountains are a fascinating range in north ... The earthquake resulted from a geological phenomenon called a “reverse fault”. This occurs when tectonic plates collide, causing ...

Paula Marques Figueiredo, a geologist who researches active tectonics and neotectonics, said that reverse tectonic faults lay to the north of the Atlas Mountains and dipped towards them at one point.

These geological features are classified into three main types: normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults. Each type reflects different forces acting within the Earth and plays a key role in shaping ...

Thrust, or reverse, faults are features in the Earth’s crust ... These are the types of faults that can form mountain ranges. “An earthquake is produced when the crustal blocks slide past ...

The country is home to an intricate web of varyingly active faults, including many that streak through the High Atlas mountain range. Small earthquakes are not uncommon in the region, and the ...

The earthquakes occurred within the Eurasia plate in an intracontinental mountain belt ... three earthquakes have been thrust faults, otherwise known as reverse faults. Thrust faults form ...