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| + | An '''Active fault''' is a [[fault]] that is likely to have another [[earthquake]] sometime in the future.<ref>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php?term=active%20fault</ref> | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Earthquake]] | ||
| + | * [[Loma Prieta Earthquake]] | ||
| + | * [[San Francisco 1906 earthquake and fire]] | ||
| + | * [[Richter scale]] | ||
| + | * [[Epicenter]] | ||
| + | * [[Fault]] | ||
| + | * [[California]] | ||
| + | * [[Natural disaster]] | ||
| + | * [[Emergency links]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | <references/> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Seismology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:58, July 13, 2016
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.[1]