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Activity 4: Active & Inactive Faults
Objectives:
After doing this activity, you should be able to differentiate active faults from inactive faults.
Materials:
Paper and pen
Earthquake intensity map
Procedure:
Study the table below showing the list of faults found here in the Philippines and Columbia
with their location and records of seismic activities.
Table 1: List of Faults in the Philippines and Columbia
Guide Questions:
1. Which faults have records of seismic activity for the past 10,000 years?
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2. Which faults have no records of seismic activity for the past 10,000 years?\
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3. How will you classify faults that have records of seismic activities and earthquake for the past
thousand years?
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4. How will you classify faults that have no records of seismic activities and earthquake for the
past thousand years?
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5. Based from the given data, which faults can be considered as active? Why?
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6. Based from the given data, which faults can be considered as inactive?
Why? _____________________________________________
7. In your own words, differentiate an active fault from an inactive fault.
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GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. Which place is nearest to the epicenter? What is the measured magnitude of the earthquake in
that place?
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2. Which place is farthest from the epicenter? What is the measured magnitude of the earthquake
in that place?
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3. What happens to the magnitude of the earthquake as the wave move away from the
epicenter?
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4. In which place does the highest intensity scale was observed?
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5. In which place does the lowest intensity scale was observed?
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6. Can you see an increasing or decreasing trend in the intensity data?
Is the intensity affected by the distance from the epicenter? Explain.
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7. Based from the data above, what is the difference between magnitude and intensity of an
earthquake?
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