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| − | [[Image:Active_fault.jpg|thumb|300px|The Emerson fault, one of the segments that ruptured in the M7.2 1992 Landers, [[ | + | [[Image:Active_fault.jpg|thumb|300px|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.<ref>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php?term=active%20fault</ref> | 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> | ||
Revision as of 04:03, April 12, 2014
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]
See Also
- Earthquake
- Loma Prieta Earthquake
- San Francisco 1906 earthquake and fire
- Richter scale
- Epicenter
- California
- Natural disaster
- Emergency links