Fault lines of the world — interactive map
Explore over 13,600 active fault segments worldwide on the map, filter by type, and read in-depth pages on the major named faults.
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Major named faults
- San Andreas Fault California, USA
- North Anatolian Fault Northern Turkey
- Alhama de Murcia Fault Murcia, Spain
- Enriquillo–Plantain Garden Fault Haiti, Hispaniola
- East African Rift East Africa
- Wasatch Fault Utah, USA
- Alpine Fault South Island, New Zealand
- Cascadia Subduction Zone Pacific Northwest, USA/Canada
- Dead Sea Transform Middle East (Levant)
- Longmenshan Fault Sichuan, China
- Hayward Fault California, USA
- Denali Fault Alaska, USA
- New Madrid Seismic Zone Central United States
- Cerro Prieto Fault Baja California, Mexico
- Motagua Fault Guatemala
- Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Southern Chile
- Boconó Fault Venezuela
- Romeral Fault System Colombia
- El Pilar Fault Northeastern Venezuela
- Septentrional Fault Dominican Republic
- East Anatolian Fault Southeastern Turkey
- Apennine Faults Central Italy
- Vrancea Seismic Zone Romania
- Betic Cordillera Faults Southern Spain
- Gulf of Corinth Rift Greece
- Hellenic Arc Greece
- Zagros Fold-Thrust Belt Western Iran
- Main Recent Fault Western Iran
- Atlas Fault System Morocco
- Azores–Gibraltar Fault Zone Eastern Atlantic
- Sagaing Fault Myanmar
- Great Sumatran Fault Sumatra, Indonesia
- Philippine Fault Philippines
- Median Tectonic Line Japan
- Altyn Tagh Fault Northern Tibet, China
- Kunlun Fault Tibetan Plateau, China
- Chaman Fault Pakistan / Afghanistan
- Sunda Megathrust Sumatra–Andaman, Indian Ocean
- Nankai Trough Southwest Japan
- Wellington Fault New Zealand
- San Jacinto Fault California, USA
- Elsinore Fault California, USA
- Garlock Fault California, USA
- Calaveras Fault California, USA
- Newport-Inglewood Fault California, USA
- Queen Charlotte Fault British Columbia, Canada / Alaska
- Fairweather Fault Alaska, USA
- Meers Fault Oklahoma, USA
- Hope Fault South Island, New Zealand
- Wairarapa Fault North Island, New Zealand
- Sea of Marmara Fault Turkey
- Kefalonia Fault Greece
- Irpinia Fault Italy
- Strait of Messina Fault Italy
- Carboneras Fault Spain
- Crevillente Fault Spain
- Idrija Fault Slovenia
- Kopeh Dagh Fault Iran / Turkmenistan
- Herat Fault Afghanistan
- Gulf of Aqaba Fault Red Sea
- Xianshuihe Fault Sichuan, China
- Red River Fault China / Vietnam
- Haiyuan Fault Ningxia, China
- Longitudinal Valley Fault Eastern Taiwan
- Atacama Fault Northern Chile
- Pallatanga Fault Central Ecuador
- Cordillera Blanca Fault Ancash, Peru
- Main Ethiopian Rift Ethiopia
- Talas-Fergana Fault Central Asia (Tien Shan)
- Yammouneh Fault Lebanon
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