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active fault

geological fault likely to be the source of an earthquake sometime in the future
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active fault

Summary

active fault ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • active fault is a type of fault[2].
  • active fault is a type of geological hazard[3].
  • active fault is a type of risk source[4].
  • active fault's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Active faults[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fault[2], geological hazard[3], and risk source[4].

Why It Matters

active fault ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['3hgn8s', '35BORW']
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Active faults
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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