QuakeIndex

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America's faults

470 mapped faults and seismic zones, from the San Andreas to New Madrid. Each has a page with its history, every earthquake recorded near it, and how its week compares with the last ten years.

Alaska-Aleutian subduction zoneDenali faultSan Andreas faultCascadia megathrustFairweather fault systemCascadia fold and fault beltGreat Valley thrust fault systemTransition faultCharleston liquefaction featuresWasatch faultWabash Valley liquefaction featuresElsinore faultPamplona faultSan Gregorio faultGarlock faultSevier/Toroweap faultSan Jacinto faultGulf of Alaska shear zoneHurricane faultTintina faultCamden Bay faultReelfoot scarp and New Madrid seismic zoneTotschunda faultNewport-Inglewood-Rose Canyon faultFoothills fault systemNorthern Foothills thrust fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt)Southern Sierra Nevada faultSt. Louis-Cape Girardeau liquefaction featuresSteens faultCastle Mountain faultSan Clemente faultNorthern Sangre de Cristo faultBartlett Springs fault systemMaacama faultCalaveras faultSanta Ynez faultYakutat fault (also known as Foothills fault)Owens Valley faultSierra Madre faultHosgri faultSan Diego Trough faultPitas Point faultCatalina faultPalos Verdes faultHayward faultWestern Lowlands liquefaction featuresPanamint Valley faultBlanco transform faultNehalem Bank faultNorthern Death Valley faultFish Lake Valley faultHoney Lake faultAtsaksovluk faultGreenville faultLittle Salmon faultSurprise Valley faultChaix Hills fault (Chugach-St. Elias fold and thrust belt)Pinto Mountain fault (includes Morongo Valley fault)Mad River faultDaisy Bank faultSan Pedro Basin faultKilauea VolcanoNorth Ninitat faultAlvin Canyon faultOrtigalita faultBlack Mountains faultKosakuts fault (Chugach-St. Elias fold and thrust belt)Stonewall anticlineWarm Springs Valley faultHope Creek fault (Chugach-St. Elias fold and thrust belt)Brawley Seismic ZonePatton Bay faultCoal Glacier fault (Chugach-St. Elias fold and thrust belt)Santa Cruz faultMalaspina fault (Chugach-St. Elias fold and thrust belt)South Ninitat faultDume faultWhite River syncline (Chugach-St. Elias fold and thrust belt)Hunter Mountain- Saline Valley faultHat Creek faultMauna Loa VolcanoTeton faultKa'oiki-Honu'apo fault systemYakataga anticline (Chugach-St. Elias fold and thrust belt)Bald Mountain-Big Lagoon faultBoundary faultHunting Creek-Berryessa fault systemRodgers Creek faultCentral Virginia seismic zoneSargent faultRampart seismic zoneHilina fault systemSouthern Death Valley faultCathedral Rapids faults (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt)Fault HPyramid Lake faultThompson Ridge faultLittle Lake faultImperial faultWhite Wolf faultMiddle Ground Shoal anticline (Cook Inlet folds)Miller Creek fault (Chugach-St. Elias fold and thrust belt)Dot ''T'' Johnson fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt)San Cayetano faultRed Mountain faultAlmanor faultGreen Valley faultSusitna Glacier faultMount Rose faultPleito faultWillapa Canyon faultRound Valley faultBear River faultCoos Basin faultSanta Monica faultSullivan fault (Chugach-St. Elias fold and thrust belt)Mayfield faultTen Fathom faultHilton Creek faultRagged Mountain faultLo'ihi SeamountGranite Mountain fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt)Cleghorn faultFaults of Thebes Gap areaKayak faultOwl Lake faultRaymond faultGenoa faultMono Lake faultEast Mount Sheridan faultsConcord faultKoa'e fault systemSan Simeon faultHeceta Bank structureDonnelly Dome fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt)Kings Canyon faultPeavine Peak faultGranite Point anticline (Cook Inlet folds)Mattole Canyon faultYaga syncline (Chugach-St. Elias fold and thrust belt)Hollywood faultCanteen fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt)Newbury liquefaction featuresWingham fault
Brighter and thicker means faster-slipping. Shaded areas are seismic zones mapped as areas, not single faults. Source: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Tap a fault for its page.

This week vs. normal

The fault league

Faults ranked by how unusual their week is for them: quakes of M1.5+ within 5 km of the trace, against every week of their last ten years. Near a fault is not the same as on it.

  1. 1 Fish Lake Valley fault 99 3 quakes this week · normal 0–0 · unusual · California, Nevada
  2. 2 Rattlesnake Mountain fault 99 2 quakes this week · normal 0–0 · unusual · Washington
  3. 3 Greenville fault 98 3 quakes this week · normal 0–0 · unusual · California
  4. 4 West Napa fault 97 2 quakes this week · normal 0–0 · unusual · California
  5. 5 Park Road fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt) 95 2 quakes this week · normal 0–1 · unusual · Alaska
  6. 6 Palos Verdes fault 94 2 quakes this week · normal 0–0 · elevated · California
  7. 7 Grand Valley fault 93 1 quake this week · normal 0–0 · elevated · Idaho, Wyoming
  8. 8 Edison fault 90 1 quake this week · normal 0–0 · elevated · California
  9. 9 Pleasanton fault 89 2 quakes this week · normal 0–1 · elevated · California
  10. 10 Northern Foothills thrust fault (Northern Foothills fold and thrust belt) 89 1 quake this week · normal 0–0 · elevated · Alaska

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The famous ones

Every mapped fault, by state

California 178 faults
Nevada 92 faults
Alaska 47 faults
Utah 43 faults
Oregon 33 faults
Washington 26 faults
Idaho 18 faults
New Mexico 17 faults
Wyoming 13 faults
Arizona 9 faults
Colorado 9 faults
Montana 8 faults
Hawaii 6 faults
Missouri 4 faults
Illinois 3 faults
Arkansas 2 faults
Texas 2 faults
South Carolina 1 faults
Indiana 1 faults
Kentucky 1 faults
Tennessee 1 faults
Virginia 1 faults
Oklahoma 1 faults
Massachusetts 1 faults

Faults: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database, simplified for the web; faults that do not reach the surface are only included where USGS maps them. QuakeIndex does not forecast earthquakes.