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Fracture or discontinuity in displaced rock
earthquakes. Faults may also displace slowly, by aseismic creep. A fault plane is the plane that represents the fracture surface of a fault. A fault trace or fault
Fault_(geology)
Intersection of a geological fault with the Earth's surface
A fault trace describes the intersection of a geological fault with the Earth's surface, which leaves a visible disturbance on the surface, usually looking
Fault_trace
Seismic fault in Myanmar
(870 mi). A partial visualization of an active fault trace that aligns with the present-day Sagaing Fault trace was recorded by Fritz Noetling, a geologist
Sagaing_Fault
Fault zone in California, USA
as an offshore fault zone located near the Central Coast of California in San Luis Obispo County. Most of the San Gregorio fault trace is located offshore
San_Gregorio_Fault
Geological fault in Guatemala and Mexico
Transform Fault and Cayman trench, which run under the Caribbean Sea. Its western end appears not to continue further than its surface trace, where it
Motagua_Fault
Geological fault zone crossing Scotland
the Highland Boundary Fault can be traced from Ireland to the region of Greenock. In these areas, the Highland Boundary Fault is seen to be dividing
Highland_Boundary_Fault
Geologic feature in California, United States
the fault runs through the Carrizo Plain, a long, treeless plain where much of the fault is plainly visible. The Elkhorn Scarp defines the fault trace along
San_Andreas_Fault
Seismic fault in China and Vietnam
the Red River which runs through the valley eroded along the fault trace. The Red River Fault was a sinistral strike-slip shear zone until Miocene times
Red_River_Fault
Fault in Southern California
irregular hills which occur along the fault trace are a result of deformation of the sedimentary rocks by the faulting; some of the earliest petroleum production
Newport–Inglewood_Fault
Geological fault in the San Francisco Bay Area
Hayward Fault shares the same relative motions of the San Andreas. As with portions of other faults, a large extent of the Hayward Fault trace is formed
Hayward_Fault_Zone
Active fault system in New Zealand
Clarence fault. It takes its name from the Waiau Toa / Clarence River, which follows the fault trace in the northeastern section of the fault. It is formed
Marlborough_fault_system
Fault system in Taiwan
drainage system and others, which created clear faulting trace that people can easily observe. Fault creep activities had been continuously tracing as
Chihshang_fault
Transform fault zone pull-apart basin on the floor of the Caribbean Sea
offset or gap of approximately 420 kilometres (260 mi) along the main fault trace. The Cayman spreading ridge shows a long-term opening rate of 11–12 mm/yr
Cayman_Trough
Geological fault system in Argentina
located on the fault trace and shows a NW-SE-elongated shape, ‘Lanalhue Fault Zone (LFZ)’ stands as appropriate name for the here discussed fault zone. The
Gastre_Fault
Fault zone in New Zealand
Raetihi North and South faults Waipuna Fault Oruakukuru Fault Rangiahu Fault Maketu Stream Fault (Maketu Trace) Karioi fault set that is 24 km (15 mi)
Taupō_Rift_termination_faults
Deformation dominated by horizontal movement in Earth's lithosphere
that forms at about 75° to the main fault trace. These two fault orientations can be understood as conjugate fault sets at 30° to the short axis of the
Strike-slip_tectonics
Long, narrow crack opening on a planetary surface
Earth's crust. Ground fissures can form naturally, such as from tectonic faulting and earthquakes, or as a consequence of human activity, such as oil mining
Fissure
Strike-slip fault in California, United States
the first to research the fault in 1936; He found a lava flow (Pliocene age) that covered the northern end of the fault trace where the Little Kern and
Kern_Canyon_Fault
Explanation of how energy is released during an earthquake
across the fault as in Time 1 of the figure panel, it is perpendicular to the fault trace at point E, where the fault is locked. The overall fault movement
Elastic-rebound_theory
Process that generates seismic waves in an earthquake
surface expression of the fault plane exists or where an ocean covers the fault trace. A simple example of a successful test of the hypothesis of sea floor
Focal_mechanism
Computer fault caused by access to restricted memory
In computing, a segmentation fault (often shortened to segfault) or access violation is a failure condition raised by hardware with memory protection
Segmentation_fault
Active fault in New Zealand
the fault consists of many fault traces and has a transpressive "pop-up" geometry. To the northeast the strands merge to form a single fault trace in the
Clarence_Fault
7.3 earthquake in the San Joaquin Valley
ground acceleration to be estimated at 0.5 g (within a kilometer of the fault trace) while rock shattering and a lack of precarious rocks on the hanging
1952_Kern_County_earthquake
Severe earthquake on Chalkidiki peninsula, Greece
currently oriented north–south but, when the fault was formed, was oriented NNE-SSW, perpendicular to the fault trace, possibly due to subsequent clockwise rotation
1932_Ierissos_earthquake
sediment in alluvial terraces. The fault trace is characterised by continuous prominent scarps, aligned drainages, fault saddles, linear ridges and valleys
Honda_Fault
Seismically active fault in Argentina
of the fault is the Jáchal River and its southern boundary is the San Juan River. The fault is divided into three sections based on fault trace geometry
El_Tigre_Fault
Active fault in New Zealand
its name from the Wairau River, which follows the fault trace for most of its length on land. The fault follows a valley where Pleistocene and Holocene
Wairau_Fault
Major geological fault in Southern California
linked with the Laguna Salada Fault. The Elsinore Fault has a relevant secondary fault structure component where the fault trace bifurcates and becomes double
Elsinore_Fault_Zone
Earthquake in Mongolia
decreased from west to east. Ruptured fault splays were observed up to 30 km (19 mi) away from the main fault trace. Large aftershocks struck the epicentral
1957_Mongolia_earthquake
Earthquake in Venezuela
of the Boconó Fault (A), based on the distribution of damage and evidence from paleoseismological investigations along the fault trace. The area of significant
1894_Mérida_earthquake
Active fault in New Zealand
changes direction to a mainly SSE-dipping fault trace of the Manawahe Fault. At this southern end of the fault there is an area of Manawahe dacite that
Matata_Fault
Earthquake off the Lebanese coast
African plate. In Lebanon the fault zone forms a restraining bend associated with a right stepping offset of the fault trace. Transpressional deformation
551_Beirut_earthquake
Active seismic fault in New Zealand
Wellington Fault is an active seismic fault in the southern part of the North Island of New Zealand. It is a dextral (right-lateral) strike-slip fault with
Wellington_Fault
Earthquake in Japan
damage. The earthquake created the Fukozu Fault, named after the village in the middle of the fault trace, in an area adjoining the west of the Tōkaidō
1945_Mikawa_earthquake
Active fault in New Zealand
SSE-dipping fault traces, which are parallel to the North Rotoma Fault at the edge of the north eastern edge of the Rotoma Caldera. The traces are presumed
Manawahe_Fault
Sandeep Barnwal 52 (Blogger)
area is marked by a great number of fault traces and homoclinal ridges of Paleozoic limestone. The Three Pagodas Fault Zone accommodates the southeastward
Three_Pagodas_Fault
Geological fracture in the Colombian Andes, South America
northeast–southwest and the fault displaces the Bituima Fault. The fault trace is characterised by offset spurs, degraded fault scarps, saddles, small pull-apart
Vianí_Fault
Headland in Setúbal, Portugal
normal faults during this process, including the Arrábida Fault, whose fault plane dips steeply towards the north-northwest, and whose trace is nowadays
Cape_Espichel
Depressed block of planetary crust bordered by parallel normal faults
normal faults that have parallel fault traces, where the displacement of the hanging wall is downward, while that of the footwall is upward. The faults typically
Graben
Geological fault in Oklahoma, United States
Fault is a fault in Oklahoma that extends from Kiowa County to Comanche County. It is marked by a 22–26 kilometers (14–16 mi) long conspicuous fault scarp
Meers_Fault
Fault in the department of Quindío, Colombia
Complex. Well preserved fault trace controls stream drainages. The Córdoba-Navarco Fault forms fault saddles and eroded fault scarps. Neotectonic features
Córdoba-Navarco_Fault
Earthquake in South Africa
the fault responsible. There is no evidence of a surface fault trace and it has not been possible to tie the earthquake to movement on a known fault structure
1969_Tulbagh_earthquake
central and northeastern. There is one major splay fault, the North Altyn Fault. The main active fault trace of the ATF lies within a zone of secondary structures
Altyn_Tagh_fault
Major intercontinental dextral strike-slip fault in North America
fault traces visible across several glaciers. Because the earthquake released most of its energy on the sparsely populated eastern end of the fault,
Denali_Fault
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up fault line in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In geology, fault line or faultline refers to the surface trace of a fault. Fault line may also
Fault_line_(disambiguation)
Type of reverse fault that has a dip of 45 degrees or less
thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks. A thrust fault is a type of reverse fault that has
Thrust_fault
7.9 magnitude; November 3, 2002
the only examples of severe damage were on highways that crossed the fault trace and areas that suffered liquefaction, e.g. Northway Airport. Liquefaction
2002_Denali_earthquake
aseismic creep is important in this fault zone or that other strands have been active, away from the main fault trace. Geology portal Earth sciences portal
Palu-Koro_Fault
Orientation of a geologic feature
described by strike and dip, including sedimentary bedding, fractures, faults, joints, cuestas, igneous dikes and sills, metamorphic foliation and fabric
Strike_and_dip
Earthquake fault system in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Iwaki city. It mainly consists of a trace of three separate striations. The fault was first mapped by the Active Fault Research Group in 1991 as a complex
Idosawa_Fault
Mountain pass in Alaska, United States
"incompetent" rocks on the fault trace. Studies show that magnitude 7 earthquakes can be expected to occur on this fault with approximately a 700-year
Hatcher_Pass
Fault intercepts the Espíritu Santo Fault. The fault has a well-defined fault trace seen on satellite images. The trace is characterized by linear valleys
Santa_Rita_Fault
Geological fault in Colombia
kilometres (6.2 mi) long and as much as 50 metres (160 ft) high. Most of the fault trace has a moderate alignment of topographic features, such as linear streams
Urrao_Fault
Geological fault in Anglesey, Wales
lithologies, metamorphic grades and structural histories on either side of the fault trace. Geological evidence indicates that the main movement took place after
Carmel_Head_Thrust
Capital city of Louisiana, United States
2008b, Field Trip Guide to Selected Locations Along the Baton Rouge Fault Trace Spanning the Pleistocene–Holocene Transition in Western East Baton Rouge
Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana
Ranges along most of the range's length. This well developed fault trace has an eroded fault scarp, degraded triangular facets, and the fronts of spurs
Toro_Fault
Frontal Fault System (Spanish: Sistema de Fallas de la Falla Frontal de la Cordillera Oriental) is a megaregional system of oblique and thrust faults cross-cutting
Eastern_Frontal_Fault_System
United States historic place
seismic retrofit needs. Diggings nearby show the fault may be braided in the area, and an active fault trace below the building cannot be ruled out. In 2018
Hillside_Elementary_School
Plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal
A transform fault or transform boundary, is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal. It ends abruptly where it connects
Transform_fault
Earthquake in Greece
surface rupture occurred within an existing north-northeast trending fault trace in the Mesozoic limestone at Elaiochori and Perivolakia. It exhibited
1986_Kalamata_earthquake
Terrane west of the main trace of the San Andreas Fault system in California
which lies west of the main trace of the San Andreas Fault system in California. It is bounded on the south by the Big Pine Fault in Ventura County and on
Salinian_Block
The Santa Rita Fault terminates against the Espíritu Santo Fault. The fault forms well developed fault lines and valleys. The fault trace is marked by young
Espiritú_Santo_Fault_System
Geological fault in Colombia
as well as Tertiary and Cretaceous sedimentary rocks. The fault has a well defined fault trace with scarps, saddles, and deflected streams. The slip rate
Abriaquí_Fault
Geologic fault in Switzerland
several landslides and traces of early Holocene earthquakes found in Swiss lakes may correlate to movements along the Gemmi Fault. The Alps were formed
Gemmi_Fault
2001 earthquake in western China
to 60 km from the main rupture trace. This deformation occurs in two swathes, ca. 20 and 60 km from the main fault trace. Pre-existing lineaments and geomorphological
2001_Kunlun_earthquake
upper section of the Margaree River follows the trace of the fault. Evidence shows movement in this fault dating back to the Ordovician period when it was
Aspy_Fault
Seismic faults in Washington State
Island Fault (SWIF) Rogers Belt (Mount Vernon Fault/Granite Falls Fault Zone) Cherry Creek Fault Zone Rattlesnake Mountain Fault Zone Seattle Fault Tacoma
Puget_Sound_faults
Networking standard
respond only when triggered by CFM trace route and loop-back messages. IEEE 802.1ag Ethernet CFM (Connectivity Fault Management) protocols comprise three
IEEE_802.1ag
Active seismic fault in New Zealand
continuation on a fault strand lying to the northwest. These faults segments are considered likely to be the active traces of the southern Wairarapa Fault. At its
Wairarapa_Fault
Earthquake in New Zealand
along the Greendale Fault, and had thousands of shallow aftershocks over the coming months. Most occurred along the fault's surface trace, but there was also
December 2010 Christchurch earthquake
December_2010_Christchurch_earthquake
Geological fault between the Anatolian and Arabian plates
south. The Karlıova segment represents the northeasternmost trace of the East Anatolian Fault and extends 25 km (16 mi) from the triple junction to Göynük
East_Anatolian_Fault
Colombian fault system
The Romeral fault system (Spanish: Sistema de Fallas (de) Romeral) is a megaregional system of major parallel and anastomosing faults in the Central Ranges
Romeral_fault_system
Fault zone in New Zealand
The Ostler Fault Zone (also Ostler Fault) is an active fault zone, to the east of the Alpine Fault in the Mackenzie District of Canterbury on New Zealand's
Ostler_Fault_Zone
Peninsula and Basin to the west. The fault takes its name from Lanalhue Lake, which is located in part of the fault trace – the lake's elongated shape shows
Lanalhue_Fault
Earthquake in North Carolina, U.S.
west-northwest–east-southeast striking thrust fault located within the local Paleozoic fabric. The surface fault trace is characterised by scarps and folds measuring
2020_Sparta_earthquake
Earthquake in Kocaeli Province, Turkey
deploying a dense network of seismic stations and small arrays near the fault trace, south of the Princes' Islands. This improved monitoring along the Princes'
1999_İzmit_earthquake
Earthquakes in New Zealand
along the Greendale Fault, and had thousands of shallow aftershocks over the coming months. Most occurred along the fault's surface trace, but there was also
December 2011 Christchurch earthquakes
December_2011_Christchurch_earthquakes
findings from the above fault investigations, there is no substantiated evidence for the existence of the inferred Pleasanton Fault traces shown on the current
Pleasanton_Fault
Bío River where fault traces are largely covered with fluvial gravels. The northernmost reaches of the north-south Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault intersect and displace
Biobío-Aluminé_Fault_Zone
River in Magadan Oblast, Russia
2018-07-23 at the Wayback Machine Detail of the Buyunda fan and the fault trace across it ResearchGate - The Ulakhan fault in the Magadan and Yakutsk regions
Buyunda
System of faults in the northeast United States
The Ramapo Fault zone is a system of faults between the northern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont areas to the east. Spanning more than 185 miles (298 km)
Ramapo_Fault
Major fault along the southern boundary of the Shillong Plateau
northeast while approaching the trace of Dauki fault, indicating dextral strike slip movement along the Dauki fault. This inference is further supported
Dauki_fault
in a 50-year period, while active strike-slip faults have narrower zones centered around the fault traces at a similar level. All areas close to active
List of earthquakes in the Philippines
List_of_earthquakes_in_the_Philippines
Colombian strike-slip fault
Ranges. Fault scarps, sag ponds, and aligned valleys are very common tectonic features along most of the fault's trace. Some authors consider the fault the
Mutatá_Fault
Seismic fault in Colombia
Ibagué. The fault strikes west-southwest to east-northeast, controlling the course of the Cocora River. The fault has a well developed fault trace with prominent
Ibagué_Fault
Electronic instrument
by observing reflected pulses. It can be used to characterize and locate faults in metallic cables (for example, twisted pair wire or coaxial cable), and
Time-domain_reflectometer
Fault in Austria and Slovenia
Hochstuhl Fault is a fault in Austria and Slovenia. It is named after Mount Stol, which is named Hochstuhl in German. The fault can be traced from Radenthein
Hochstuhl_Fault
Earthquake
and Syria the fault trace follows a restraining bend and splits into several strands that include the Serghaya, Rachaya, and Roum faults, as well as the
1956_Chim_earthquake
1850 earthquake in China
was determined along the rupture trace of the Zemuhe Fault, indicating most of the rupture took place on that fault. Calculating the moment magnitude
1850_Xichang_earthquake
Philippine geological feature
Positioning System (GPS) that can trace movements over long periods of time. Marikina Valley Fault System – A major active fault system in the Philippines that
Philippine_fault_system
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Philippines
"Phivolcs traces Bogo Bay fault". Manila Standard. Archived from the original on October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025. "Cebu earthquake: Fault finders
2025_Cebu_earthquake
traces of known active faults. These maps include both the best known location where faults cut the surface and a buffer zone around the known trace(s);
Alquist Priolo Special Studies Zone Act
Alquist_Priolo_Special_Studies_Zone_Act
River in Washington, United States
Valley leading west-northwest to Commencement Bay along a fault trace associated with the Tacoma Fault Zone, and the Duwamish Valley continuing north along
Puyallup_River
Fault along Metro Manila and surrounding areas
The Marikina Valley fault system, also known as the Valley fault system (VFS), is a dominantly right-lateral strike-slip fault system in Luzon, Philippines
Marikina_Valley_fault_system
Andreas system. The surface trace is well-located based on mapped surface offsets from historic events. The Imperial Fault Zone has a history of earthquakes
Imperial_Fault_Zone
Earthquake in New Zealand
Zealand Herald, Radio New Zealand Canterbury Earthquake – first flyover of fault trace – GNS Science The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography
2010_Canterbury_earthquake
Temperature management in pipes
temperatures. Electric trace heating cables offer an alternative to steam trace heating when steam is unavailable or undesired. Electric trace heating began in
Trace_heating
Highway in California
here. If you stop and park at the Info Center, you can see the trace of the San Gabriel Fault by looking east up the Arroyo Seco toward Red Box. This alignment
Angeles_Forest_Highway
Earthquake in Indonesia
right-lateral strike-slip fault, or a steeply dipping east-striking left-lateral strike-slip fault. Two intersecting faults which trended west-southwest-east-northeast
2022_West_Java_earthquake
rocks and mylonites associated with the Alpine Fault, and in certain places can stand astride the fault trace of an active plate boundary. The South Island
Geography_of_New_Zealand
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