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fault planenoun GeologyThe flat surface of rock along which a geological fault occurs: one block rests above the fault plane, the other below it...- The earthquake resulted from horizontal displacement of the ground across a nearly vertical fault plane.
- Upward migration of heated hydrothermal fluids along fault planes may have been aided by seismic pumping.
- The point on the fault plane where the earthquake rupture is initiated is called the focus or hypocentre.
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