Active fault

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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

References

  1. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php?term=active%20fault