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| Strike-slip faults are much less efficient at making tsunamis than thrust faults," says Ward. Thrust faults do so when one block pushes upward over another, as if moving up a ramp. In an earthquake, these thrust faults serve as giant ramps, with one wedge of crust riding up another. |
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