Active fault

The Emerson fault, one of the segments that ruptured in the M7.2 1992 Landers, California earthquake. (Photo by Kerry Sieh, Caltech)

An Active fault is a fault that is likely to have another earthquake sometime in the future.

See also

• Earthquake
• Loma Prieta Earthquake
• San Francisco 1906 earthquake and fire
• Richter scale
• Epicenter
• Fault
• California
• Natural disaster
• Emergency links