# List of fault zones

This list covers all faults and fault-systems that are either geologically important or connected to prominent seismic activity. It is not intended to list every notable fault, but only major fault zones.
| Fault name | Length [km] | Location | Sense of movement | Time of movement | Associated earthquakes |
| Aedipsos-Kandili Fault | 60 | North Euboean Gulf, Greece | Normal | Active | |
| Alaska–Aleutian megathrust | 4000 | Kamchatka, Russia to Gulf of Alaska | Subduction zone | Active | 1964 Prince William Sound (M9.2), 1965 Rat Islands (M8.7), 1957 Andreanof Islands (M8.6) |
| Alpine Fault | 600 | South Island, New Zealand | Dextral strike-slip (Transform) | Active | Last earthquake ca. 1717 (~M8) |
| Altyn Tagh Fault | 2000 | Tibetan Plateau/Tarim Basin | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | |
| Amfilochia Fault | 60 | Western Greece | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | |
| Amorgos Fault | >100 | Greece, South Aegean Sea | Normal | Active | 1956 Amorgos (M7.4) |
| Arkitsa–Agios Konstantinos fault zone | 25 | Central Greece | Normal | | |
| Aspy Fault | 40 | Nova Scotia, Canada | Strike-slip | | |
| Atacama Fault | 800 | Atacama Desert, Chile | Strike-slip | Active | |
| Atalanti Fault | 50 | Central Greece | Normal Fault | Active | 1894 Atalanti (M6.4, M6.9) |
| Atotsugawa Fault | | Japan | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1858 Hietsu earthquake (M~7) |
| Awatere Fault | 200 | South Island, New Zealand | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1848 Marlborough (M7.5) |
| Azores–Gibraltar transform fault | 2250 | Azores to Strait of Gibraltar | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1755 Lisbon earthquake (est. M7.7–9.0), 1969 Cape St. Vincent (M7.9), 1941 Gloria Fault (M8.0) |
| Baikal Rift Zone | | Lake Baikal | Rift zone | Active | |
| Balcones Fault | | Texas, United States | Normal | Inactive | the subsidence of the Texas Coastal Plain during the Neogene period |
| Ballenas Fault | | Gulf of California, United States | Transform | Active | |
| Baribis Fault | 100 | Java, Indonesia | Thrust | Active | 1834 Java earthquake (M 7.0) |
| Brothers Fault Zone | | Oregon, United States | | | |
| Bulnay Fault | 370 | Mongolia | Sinistral | Active | 1905 Bolnai (M8.3) |
| Calaveras Fault | 120 | San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States | Dextral | Active | 1911 Morgan Hill (M6.5), 1984 Morgan Hill (M6.2) |
| Cascadia megathrust | 1000 | West coast of United States – Oregon & Washington Vancouver Island, Canada | Subduction zone | Active | 1700 Cascadia (M9.0) |
| Central African Shear Zone | 4000 | Central Africa | Rift zone | | |
| Cerro Prieto Fault | | Gulf of California, United States | Transform | Active | |
| Chino Fault | | California, United States | Dextral | Active | |
| Chixoy-Polochic Fault | | Guatemala | Transform | Active | 1816 Guatemala (M7.5) |
| Christchurch Fault | | South Island, New Zealand | | Active | |
| Chile subduction megathrust | 3000 | West coast of Chile | Subduction zone | Active | 1960 Valdivia (M9.5); 1906 Valparaiso (M8.2); 2010 Maule (M8.8); 2014 Iquique (M8.2) |
| Clarence Fault | 210 | South Island, New Zealand | Dextral strike-slip | Active | |
| Clarendon-Linden fault system | | New York, United States | | | |
| Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault | | California, United States | | | |
| Cochabamba Fault Zone | | Bolivia | Sinistral strike-slip | | |
| Concord Fault | 18 | California, United States | Dextral | Active | |
| Corinth Rift | 110 | Greece | Rift zone | Active | 1995 Aigio (M6.2); 1981 Alkyonides (M6.4-6.7); 1861 Helike (M6.6-6.7); 373 BC Helike |
| Craven Fault System | | Pennines | Normal Fault | Carboniferous | |
| Darling Fault | 950-1500 | Western Australia, Australia | Proterozoic | | |
| Dead Sea Transform | ~1000 | Sinai Peninsula | Sinistral transform | Active | 1138 Aleppo earthquake |
| Delfi Fault Zone | 25 | Central Greece | Normal to strike-slip | | |
| Denali Fault | >500 | British Columbia, Canada to Alaska, United States | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 2002 Denali (M7.9) |
| East African Rift | ~5,000 | East Africa | Rift zone | Active | |
| East Anatolian Fault | ~700 | Turkey | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | 2003 Bingöl (M6.4), 2010 Elâzığ (M6.1), 2020 Elâzığ (M6.7), 2023 Turkey (M7.8) |
| Eastern Tennessee seismic zone | | Alabama to Virginia, United States | | Active | 2003 Alabama (M4.6) |
| Elsinore Fault Zone | 180 | California, United States | Dextral strike-slip | Active | |
| Eltanin Fault System | | Southern Ocean | Dextral transform | Active | 1600 km offset |
| Enriquillo–Plantain Garden fault zone | | Hispaniola | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | 2010 Haiti (M7.0), 2021 Haiti (M7.2) |
| European Cenozoic Rift System | 1,100 | France, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands | Rift zone | Active | 1992 Roermond (M5.3), 1356 Basel (M6.0-7.1) |
| Flores back-arc thrust fault | | Java and Banda Sea, Indonesia | Thrust | Active | July–August 2018 Lombok (M6.4-6.9) |
| Garlock Fault | 250 | California, United States | Sinistral | Active | |
| Glarus thrust | | Switzerland | Thrust fault | Cenozoic | |
| Great Glen Fault | | Scotland | Strike-slip | Silurian to Cenozoic | |
| Great Lakes Tectonic Zone (GLTZ) | 1400 | Great Lakes, United States | Tectonic zone | Neoarchean | |
| Great Sumatran Fault | 1650-1900 | Sumatra, Indonesia | Strike-slip | Active | 1943 Alahan Panjang (M7.2), 1994 Liwa (M7.0) |
| Greendale Fault | >20 | South Island, New Zealand | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 2010 Canterbury (M7.1) |
| Guaymas Fault | 325 | California, United States | Dextral strike-slip | Active | |
| Gulf of California Rift Zone | 1300 | Mexico | Rift zone | Active | 2010 Mexicali (M7.2) |
| Gulf of Suez Rift | >250 | Egypt | Rift zone | Late Oligocene – end Miocene | |
| Haiyuan Fault | 1000 | Tibet, China | Sinistral | Active | 1920, 1927 |
| Hayward Fault Zone | 119 | San Francisco Bay, California, United States | Strike-slip | Active | 1868 Hayward (M6.3–6.7) |
| Hellenic Arc | 1000 | East Mediterranean Sea | Thrust/Strike-slip | | 365 AD (M8.5+); 1303 AD (~8) |
| Honey Lake Fault Zone | | Nevada and California, United States | Dextral strike-slip | Active | |
| Hope Fault | 130 | South Island, New Zealand | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1888 North Canterbury (M7.3), 2016 North Canterbury Mw7.8 |
| Humboldt Fault Zone | | Nebraska to Kansas, United States | Normal fault | Active | 1867 Manhattan, Kansas (M5.1) |
| Hurricane Fault | 250 | Utah to Arizona, United States | Normal | | 1992 Utah (M5.9) |
| Imperial Fault Zone | | California, United States | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1940 El Centro (M6.9), 1979 Imperial Valley (M6.4) |
| Ierapetra Fault | 40 | Crete | Normal fault | | |
| Independence Valley fault system | | Nevada, United States | Normal fault | Active | 2008 Wells earthquake (M6.0) |
| Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc subduction zone | >2800 | Micronesia | Subduction zone | Active | 1993 Guam (M7.8) |
| Japan Trench | 1400 | Off the coast of Honshu | Subduction zone | Active | see Seismicity of the Sanriku coast |
| Kabaw Fault | >300 | Myanmar | Oblique-thrust | Active | 1792 Rakhine (M8.8) |
| Kameni-Kolumbo Fault zone | >60 | Greece, South Aegean Sea | Dextral (?) Strike-slip | | |
| Kandi Fault Zone | | West Africa | | | |
| Karakoram Fault | 1000 | Tibet | Oblique-slip | | |
| Karsdorf Fault | | Germany | | | |
| Kefalonia Transform Fault | 180 | Greece, Ionian Sea | Dextral strike Slip | Active | 1953 Kephalonia (M7.2) |
| Kego Fault | | Japan | | Active | 2005 Fukuoka (M7.0) |
| Kekerengu Fault | | South Island, New Zealand | Dextral | Active | 2016 – See Hope Fault M7.8 |
| Kermadec-Tonga Subduction Zone | 3000 | New Zealand | Subduction zone | Active | 2021 Kermadec Islands (M8.1) |
| Kern Canyon Fault | | Sierra Nevada, California, United States | Thrust fault | | |
| Kunlun fault | 1500 | Tibet | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | 2001 Kunlun (M7.8) |
| Kuril–Kamchatka Trench | 2900 | From the Kuril Islands to the Kamchatka Peninsula | Subduction zone | Active | 1952 Severo-Kurilsk (M9.0) |
| Kyaukkyan Fault | 500 | Myanmar | Dextral | Active | 1912 Shan state (M7.7) |
| Laguna Salada Fault | 64–80 | United States and Mexico | Strike-slip | Active | 2010 Mexicali M7.2) |
| Laptev Sea Rift | | Arctic Ocean | Rift zone | | |
| Lewis Overthrust | | Montana, United States | Thrust | Late Cretaceous to Early Paleocene | |
| Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault | 1000 | Andes, Chile | Strike-slip | | |
| Long Point–Eureka Heights Fault System | | Texas, United States | Normal fault | | |
| Longmen Shan Fault | | Sichuan, China | Thrust fault | Active | 2008 Sichuan (M8.0) |
| Lost River Fault | | Idaho, United States | Normal | Active | 1983 Borah Peak (M6.9) |
| Lusatian Fault | | Germany | Thrust fault | | |
| Macquarie Fault Zone | >400 | South Pacific Ocean | Fault (geology)#Strike-slip faults | Active | 1989 Maquarie Isl. (8.2), 2008 Macquarie Island earthquake (M7.1) |
| Mae Chan Fault | 120 | Thailand and Laos | Sinstral | Active | 2007 Laos (M6.3) |
| Magallanes–Fagnano Fault | | South America | Transform | | |
| Main Boundary Thrust | 2000 | Himalaya | Thrust | Active (although not uniformly) | |
| Main Central Thrust | 2200 | Himalaya | Thrust | Active (although not uniformly) | 1991 Uttarkashi (M6.8) |
| Main Frontal Thrust | 2000 | Himalaya | Thrust | Active | 1505 Lo Mustang (M8.9), 1934 Bihar (M8.0) |
| Main Himalayan Thrust | 2000 | Himalaya | Subduction zone (continental collision) | Active | 1505 Lo Mustang (M8.9), 1950 Assam-Tibet (M8.6) 2015 Gorkha (M7.8), 2015 Nepal (M7.3) |
| Main Uralian Fault (MUF) | 2000+ | Urals | Subduction zone | | |
| Marianna Fault | | Arkansas, United States | | | |
| Marikina Valley fault system | | Philippines | Dextral strike-slip | Active | |
| Marlborough fault system | | South Island, New Zealand | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1843 Wanganui (M~7.5) |
| Meers Fault | | Oklahoma, United States | Oblique slipe | Active | Holocene |
| Medvednica Fault Zone | | Zagreb, Croatia | Strike-slip | Active | 1880 (M6.3), 2020 (M5.3) |
| Mendocino fracture zone | | California, United States | Transform | Active | |
| Moab Fault | | Utah, United States | Normal fault | Active | |
| Mocha fracture zone | | Mocha Island, Chile | Transform | Active | |
| Motagua Fault | | Guatemala | Transform | Active | 1717, 1773, 1902, 1976, 1980, 2009 |
| Mount Diablo Thrust | 25 | Contra Costa County, California, United States | Blind thrust | Active | |
| Mygdonia Graben | | North Greece | Normal to strike-slip | Active | 1978 Thessaloniki (M6.4) |
| Middle America Trench | 2750 | West of Central America | Subduction zone | Active | 1982 El Salvador (M7.3), 1992 Nicaragua (M7.7) |
| Nankai Trough | 900 | South of Honshū, Japan | Subduction zone | Active | see Nankai megathrust earthquakes |
| Neodani Fault | | Japan | Oblique-slip | Active | 1891 Mino–Owari (M8.0) |
| New Madrid Fault Zone | | Missouri, United States | Normal fault | Active | 1811–1812 three (M7-8) |
| Nootka Fault | | British Columbia, Canada | Transform | Active | |
| North Aegean Trough | >250 | North Aegean Sea, Greece, Turkey | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1912 (M7.6); 1982 (M6.7); 2014 (M6.9) |
| North Anatolian Fault | | Turkey | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1939 Erzincan (M7.8), 1912 Ganos (M7.4), 1999 Izmit (M7.4), 1999 Düzce (M7.2), 2022 Düzce (M6.1) |
| North Ikaria Fault | >80 | Central Aegean Sea, Greece | Dextral strike slip | | |
| North Island Fault System | 500 | North Island, New Zealand | Dextral strike slip | Active | |
| Northridge Blind Thrust | | San Fernando Valley, United States | Blind thrust | Active | 1994 Northridge (M6.7) |
| Palu-Koro Fault | 500 | Palu, Sigi, Donggala, Indonesia | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | 2005 Bora, Sigi earthquake (M6.2), 2018 Sulawesi earthquake (M7.5) |
| Periadriatic Seam | 1000 | Alps, Europe | Dextral strike-slip | | |
| Pichilemu Fault | 40 | Chile | | Active | 2010 Pichilemu (Libertador O'Higgins) (M6.9) |
| Piqiang Fault | >70 | China | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | 2024 Uqturpan earthquake |
| Pliny Trench | 300 | Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Hellenic Trench | Sinistral strike-slip | | |
| Port Hills Fault | | South Island, New Zealand | Oblique-thrust | Active | 2011 Christchurch (M6.3) |
| Puente Hills Thrust | 40 | San Gabriel Valley, United States | Blind thrust | Active | 1987 Whittier Narrows (M5.9) |
| Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault | 800 | Canada and Alaska | Dextral | Active | 1949 Graham Island (M8.1), 1958 Lituya Bay (M7.8), 2012 Haida Gwaii (M7.8) |
| Pyramid Lake Fault Zone | | Nevada, United States | Dextral strike-slip | | |
| Ramapo Fault | 300 | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, United States | Normal fault | Triassic to Early Jurassic | |
| Rawat Fault | | Pakistan | | | |
| Raymond Fault | | California, United States | | | |
| Red River Fault | 900 | China, Vietnam | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1970 Tonghai (M7.1), 1925 Dali (M6.9-7.0), 2021 Dali (M6.1) |
| Red Sea Rift | | Red Sea | Rift zone | | |
| Reigolil-Pirihueico Fault | | Andes | | | |
| Rhine Rift Valley | | Germany and France | Rift zone | Active | 1356 Basel (M6 to 7) |
| Rio Grande Rift | | Rio Grande Valley, United States and Mexico | Rift zone | | |
| Romeral Fault System | 700 | Colombia | Thrust and strike-slip | Active | 1983 (M5.5), 1999 (M6.2) |
| Sagami Trough | 340 | Off the coast of Honshū | Subduction zone | Active | see Kantō earthquakes |
| Sagaing Fault | 1500 | Myanmar | Dextral | Active | 1839, May 1930, Dec 1930, 1946, 1956, 2012 |
| Salzach-Ennstal-Mariazell-Puchberg Fault System (SEMP) | 400 | Austria | Sinistral strike-slip | | |
| San Andreas Fault System (Banning fault, Mission Creek fault, South Pass fault, San Jacinto fault, Elsinore fault) | 1300 | California, United States | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1906 San Francisco (M7.7 to 8.25), 1989 Loma Prieta (M6.9) |
| San Ramón Fault | | Chile | Thrust fault | | |
| Sawtooth Fault | | Idaho, United States | Normal fault | | |
| Seattle Fault | | Washington, United States | Thrust fault | Active | |
| Septentrional-Orient fault zone | | Caribbean | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | 1842 Cap-Haïtien (M8.1), 2020 (M7.7) |
| Shanxi Rift System | ≥900 | northern China | Rift zone | Active | 1303 Hongdong (M7.2-7.6), 1556 Shaanxi (M8.0), 1626 Lingqiu (M7.0), 1695 Linfen (M7.8), 1815 Pinglu (M6.8) |
| Sierra Nevada Fault | | California, United States | Normal fault | Active | 1872 Lone Pine (M7.4–8.3) |
| Skyros-Edremit Fault zone | >150 | Aegean Sea, Greece, Turkey | Dextral Strike-slip | Active | 1967, 1981 |
| Sobral Fault | | Brazil | Strike-slip | | |
| Sorong fault | | Oceania | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | 2009 Kepulauan Talaud (M7.2) |
| South Tibetan Detachment | 2000 | Himalaya | Detachment (normal) | Paleogene | |
| Southeast Bathurst Fault Zone | | Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canada | Rift zone | Late Cretaceous to Eocene | |
| Sparta Fault | 65 | Peloponnese, Greece | Normal fault | Active | 464 BC Sparta (M7.2) |
| Spili Fault | 20 | Crete, Greece | Normal fault | Active | |
| Strabo Trench | 300 | Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Hellenic Trench | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | |
| Sunda subduction megathrust | 5500 | South East Asia | Subduction zone | Active | 1833 Mentawai Islands (M9.2), 2004 Banda Aceh (M9.3), 2005 Nias (M8.6), 2007 Bengkulu (M8.4) |
| Tacoma Fault | 56 | Washington, United States | Thrust fault | Active | |
| Tatsuda Fault | | Japan | | Active | 1889 Kumamoto (M6.3) |
| Tintina Fault | | British Columbia, Canada to Alaska, United States | Strike-slip | Late Cretaceous to Oligocene | |
| Ulakhan Fault | | Siberia to Aleutian Trench | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | |
| Ungava Fault Zone | | Davis Strait | Strike-slip | Paleogene | |
| Virginia seismic zones | | Virginia, United States | | Active | 2011 Virginia (M5.8) |
| Wabash Valley seismic zone | | Illinois, Indiana, United States | Normal fault | Active | 2008 Illinois (M5.4) |
| Wasatch Fault | | Utah, United States | Normal fault | Active | 2020 Salt Lake City (M5.7) |
| Wellington Fault | >100 | North Island, New Zealand | Dextral strike-slip | Active | |
| West Napa Fault | 60 | California, United States | Dextral | Active | 2000 Yountville, 2014 South Napa |
| Wairarapa Fault | >100 | North Island, New Zealand | Dextral strike-slip | Active | 1855 Wairarapa (M8.2) |
| Wairau Fault | 180 | South Island, New Zealand | Dextral strike-slip | Active | |
| White Wolf Fault | | San Joaquin Valley, California, United States | Oblique-reverse (sinstral) | Active | 1952 Kern County (M7.5) |
| Whittier Fault | | California, United States | Strike-slip | Active | |
| Wilzetta Fault | 89 | Oklahoma, United States | Strike-slip | Active | 2011 Oklahoma (M5.6) |
| Xianshuihe fault system | 350 | China | Sinistral strike-slip | Active | 1973 Luhuo (M7.6), 1981 Dawu (M6.8), 2010 Yushu (M6.9), 2022 Luding (M6.7) |
| Yorba Linda Trend | | California, United States | Oblique-slip | Active | 2008 Chino Hills (M5.5) |