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Active fault

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000372

A 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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-000372
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesUSGS Earthquake Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000372",
  "term": "Active fault",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Active Fault",
  "definition": "A 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.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "USGS Earthquake Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/active-fault/"
}

Record 365 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.