ThelocationandlateQuaternaryactivityoftheCentral-NorthSegmentoftheTaihangMountainsPiedmontfaultzonehavebeenstudiedbyshallowseismicsurveyandcombineddrillexploration.OurresultsshowthattheBaoding-ShijiazhuangfaultandtheXushuifaultwereactiveinthelatePleistocene,butthesouthXushuifaulthasbeeninactivesincethelatePleistocene.Themaximummagnitudeofpotentialearthquakeofthefaultsis6.0.