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
• Tanlu Fault (Tancheng-Lujiang) Eastern China
• Xiaojiang Fault Yunnan, China
• Anninghe Fault Sichuan, China
• Jiali Fault Southeastern Tibet, China
• Karakoram Fault Ladakh-Tibet, India/China
• Main Frontal Thrust (Himalaya) Himalayan Front, India/Nepal
• Main Central Thrust (Himalaya) High Himalaya, India/Nepal
• Main Boundary Thrust (Himalaya) Himalayan Foothills, India/Nepal
• Kachchh Rift Faults Gujarat, India
• Narmada-Son Fault Central India
• Doruneh Fault Northeastern Iran
• Dasht-e Bayaz Fault Eastern Iran
• Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line Central Honshu, Japan
• Atotsugawa Fault Central Honshu, Japan
• Arima-Takatsuki Fault Zone Kansai, Japan
• Futagawa Fault (Kumamoto) Kyushu, Japan
• Chelungpu Fault Western Taiwan
• Palu-Koro Fault Sulawesi, Indonesia
• Matano Fault Sulawesi, Indonesia
• Lembang Fault West Java, Indonesia
• Opak Fault (Yogyakarta) Central Java, Indonesia
• Magallanes-Fagnano Fault Tierra del Fuego, Chile/Argentina
• Dolores-Guayaquil Megashear Ecuador
• Chixoy-Polochic Fault Guatemala
• Algeciras Fault Colombia
• Ibagué Fault Tolima, Colombia
• Cauca-Almaguer Fault Cauca, Colombia
• El Tigre Fault San Juan, Argentina
• Precordillera Thrust Front San Juan/Mendoza, Argentina
• Aswa Shear Zone Uganda/South Sudan
• Kavango Fault Zone Botswana/Namibia
• Rukwa Rift Fault Tanzania
• Tanganyika Rift Fault DR Congo/Tanzania
• Malawi Rift Fault Malawi
• Carmel Fault Israel
• Hikurangi Subduction Zone North Island, New Zealand
• Marlborough Fault System South Island, New Zealand
• Greendale Fault Canterbury, New Zealand
• Porters Pass Fault Canterbury, New Zealand
• Cadell Fault Victoria, Australia
• 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
• Imperial Fault Imperial Valley, California, USA
• Laguna Salada Fault Baja California, Mexico
• Owens Valley Fault Eastern California, USA
• Hebgen Lake Fault Montana, USA
• Lost River Fault (Borah Peak) Idaho, USA
• Teton Fault Wyoming, USA
• Rodgers Creek Fault California, USA
• Maacama Fault Northern California, USA
• Hilton Creek Fault Eastern California, USA
• Cucamonga Fault Southern California, USA
• Sierra Madre Fault Southern California, USA
• Rose Canyon Fault San Diego, California, USA
• San Cayetano Fault Southern California, USA
• Panamint Valley Fault Eastern California, USA
• Pinto Mountain Fault Southern California, USA
• Superstition Hills Fault Imperial Valley, California, USA
• Brawley Seismic Zone Imperial Valley, California, USA
• Leech River Fault Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
• South Iceland Seismic Zone Southern Iceland
• Húsavík-Flatey Fault Northern Iceland
• Periadriatic Fault Eastern Alps
• Lower Tagus Valley Fault Zone Central Portugal
• Palomares Fault Almería, Spain
• Carrascoy Fault Murcia, Spain
• Socovos Fault Southeastern Spain
• North Tabriz Fault Northwestern Iran
• Ecemiş Fault Central Turkey
• Tuz Gölü Fault Central Turkey
• North Aegean Trough North Aegean Sea
• Palmyra Fault System Central Syria
• Roum Fault Southern Lebanon
• El Asnam (Chlef) Fault Northern Algeria
• Nékor Fault Northern Morocco
• Pernicana Fault Sicily, Italy
• Kefalonia Transform Fault (broader zone) Ionian Sea, Greece
• Friuli Thrust Front Northeastern Italy