According to State Geologist Claudio Berti after the 2020 earthquake, I would have definitely expected an [extensional] fault to have caused the event.

New Jersey experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Here is the science behind the cause and the Ramapo Fault.

Extensional faults (arrows) on the surface of Pluto indicate expansion of the dwarf planet’s icy crust, attributed to freezing of a subsurface ocean.

The rupture occurred along an extensional or “pull-apart” fault in the middle of the plate. Such large extensional faulting near a subduction zone is rare, and this is the third largest such event ...

The unusual fault in question is a so-called extensional fault--one in which the earth's crust is pulled apart rather than being pushed together.

"While Turkey is well known for its earthquake-prone strike-slip faults, this study confirms for the first time that the Tuz Gölü Fault is an extensional fault, meaning the land on either side ...

Scientists used historic seismic data to estimate the types of faults found in different parts of North America. The three most common types of faults are extensional, strike-slip or thrust.

Rifting processes are associated with normal (extensional) faults, where the blocks slip away from each other. Although a component of strike-slip movement can be present, vertical motion dominates.

The Cerberus Fossae extensional faults that run almost parallel for 1000 kilometres Formed by relatively recent volcanic activity about millions of years ago, both trenches are still very young Focus: ...