Active fault – An active fault is a fault that is likely to have another earthquake sometime in the future. Faults are commonly considered to be active if there has been movement observed or evidence of seismic activity during the last 10,000 years.
While inactive faults are ; Inactive faults can become active again. In our case there are no signs of that, although UP seismologists remain observant. This diagram shows an earthquake along a fault. ... Active Faults are those faults that are still subject to Earthquakes, those that are hazards.
