Queen Charlotte Fault system
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
transform fault
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gptkbp:connectsTo |
gptkb:Cascadia_subduction_zone
gptkb:Fairweather_Fault |
gptkbp:displacement |
about 50 mm/year
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gptkbp:hasMajorEarthquake |
gptkb:2012_Haida_Gwaii_earthquake
1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Queen Charlotte Fault system
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gptkbp:length |
over 900 km
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gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
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gptkbp:locatedOffCoastOf |
gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkb:Southeast_Alaska |
gptkbp:maximumMagnitudeRecorded |
8.1
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gptkbp:movement |
strike-slip
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gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Queen_Charlotte_Islands
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gptkbp:parallelTo |
gptkb:Haida_Gwaii
Southeast Alaska coast |
gptkbp:partOf |
Pacific-North American plate boundary
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gptkbp:separates |
gptkb:North_American_Plate
gptkb:Pacific_Plate |
gptkbp:studiedBy |
gptkb:US_Geological_Survey
gptkb:Geological_Survey_of_Canada |
gptkbp:tectonicActivity |
gptkb:North_American_Plate
gptkb:Pacific_Plate |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Fairweather_Fault
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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