Earthquake

Active and Inactive Fault

▪ Active Fault – are structures where there is a

displacement.
▪ Usually active faults produce a shallow earthquake
▪ Faults are considered to be active if they have moved
one or more times in the last 10 000 years. They are
regarded as geologic hazards - adverse geologic
conditions that cause damage or loss whether in
properties or life. The movement of active faults may
result in tectonic deformation, landslides, rock falls,
liquefaction, and tsunamis.
Inactive fault – are structures that can be identified but
which do not cause earthquakes.
a fault that has not moved over the last 10 000 years.
However, because of the complexity of the earthquake
activity, an inactive fault can still be considered active
in the future.
▪ Fault line - is a break or fracture in the ground that
occurs when the Earth's tectonic plates move or
shift and are areas where earthquakes are likely to
occur. A break where the Earth's tectonic plates
shifted that is a likely site of an earthquake is an
example of a fault line.
▪ Fault Scarp is the feature on the surface of the
earth that looks like a step caused by slip on the
fault.
▪ A fault scarp is a steep slope or cliff formed directly
by movement along a fault and representing the
exposed surface of the fault before modification
by erosion and weathering.
Killer earthquake unlikely to hit Panay Island in near future – analyst
October 22, 2013 - Comment and Opinion, Regional News
ILOILO CITY, (PNA) — It could take about 100 years after 1948 before a giant tremor
would likely hit Panay Island again.
This was disclosed by a Philippine Institute Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
expert during the last quarter meeting of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council of Western Visayas Tuesday in this city.
Ramil Atando, science research analyst of PHIVOLCS, said the last killer earthquake
that rocked Panay Island was in 1948, with a magnitude of 8.1, which partly destroyed
the Jaro belfry here other heritage churches in the province of Iloilo.
Atando said that killer tremor was caused mainly by the moving West Panay Fault
which stretches more than 90 kilometers from the municipality of Lambunao in central
Panay to San Joaquin in southern Iloilo passing through the municipalities of Alimodian,
Leon, Igbaras, Janiuay and other coastal towns in Iloilo.
The faultline reaches up to the municipalities of Jamindan and Tapaz in Capiz province
and the municipalities of Libacao, Madalag, Ibajay and Malinao in the province of
Aklan, but sparing the province of Antique which belongs to another faultline in Tablas
Strait.
Different ways to find out if Fault
is active

▪ Checking the country’s historical records

▪ Studying the vibrations, past and present, that
come from faults.
▪ (refer to page 135 of your science textbook)
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