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Strike slip faults are created when two plates of the Earth’s crust are nearly vertical with one another. The fault is originally caused by a weakness between the two plates, and enough force builds between the two plates the fault ruptures and creates an earthquake. The strike slip fault is when one of the plates is sliding past the other.
