active fault
C19983
concept
An active fault is a fracture or zone of weakness in the Earth's crust that has experienced movement in the recent geologic past and is likely to move again, potentially generating earthquakes.
Observed surface forms (1)
- fault segment ×6
Instances (17)
- Eastern Sierra Nevada frontal fault system
- Owens Valley fault zone
- Johnson Valley fault
- Imperial Fault Zone
- Wasatch Fault
- Superstition Mountain segment via concept surface "fault segment"
- Anza segment via concept surface "fault segment"
- Teton fault
- Plantain Garden fault
- Rodgers Creek Fault
- Nojima Fault
- Weber segment via concept surface "fault segment"
- Provo segment via concept surface "fault segment"
- Laguna Salada Fault
- Port Hills Fault
- Digdig Fault segment via concept surface "fault segment"
- Central Mindanao segment via concept surface "fault segment"