Active fault

Active fault

25th April 2025

An active fault is a fault that has slipped (had movement on it) recently and therefore may slip again in the future. This slip may result in an earthquake. There is no fixed amount of geological time to define how recent a fault must have moved to be considered active as different fault settings have different rates of movement.  

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