Meaning active fault
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active faultA fault that is likely to have another earthquake sometime in the future. Faults are commonly considered to be active if they have moved one or more times in the last 10,000 years.
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active faulta fracture in the earth’s crust that has ruptured repeatedly in the past and whose history indicates that it is likely to rupture again. Read more information on earthquakes
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