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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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Newport–Inglewood Fault is a right-lateral strike-slip fault in Southern California. The fault extends for 47 mi (76 km) (110 miles if the Rose Canyon
Newport–Inglewood_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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Earthquake in Japan
Coast Guard revealed a section of uplifted seafloor south of the active fault trace. The seabed north of the Noto Peninsula lies 40–90 m (130–300 ft) beneath
2024_Noto_earthquake
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Geologic fault in Switzerland
Gemmi Fault or Gemmi Pass Fault is a geologic fault in Switzerland. It lies close to the Gemmi Pass at Leukerbad and is a strike-slip fault. This fault is
Gemmi_Fault
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
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
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
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
sediment in alluvial terraces. The fault trace is characterised by continuous prominent scarps, aligned drainages, fault saddles, linear ridges and valleys
Honda_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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Construction company in Watsonville, California, US
construction aggregate were obtained close to the fault, and coarser material was more distant from the fault trace. Porter and Wilson saw its possibilities,
Graniterock
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Geological feature in the eastern United States
to trace the fault, is also credited with identifying that the rocks in the area must have been formed through deformation, placing the Brevard Fault in
Brevard_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
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
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
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
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
Prehistoric lake in the Salton Sea basin of California
1440–1637 and 1440–1640 and whose fault trace could be buried beneath sediments from Lake Cahuilla. The Elmore Ranch fault which displays evidence of after-lake
Lake_Cahuilla
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
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
Tectonic boundary in North America
initiated, 1–2 meter subsidence. Studies of past earthquake traces on the northern San Andreas Fault and the southern Cascadia subduction zone indicate a correlation
Cascadia_subduction_zone
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
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
Active transform fault in Canada and Alaska
The Queen Charlotte Fault is an active transform fault on the boundary between the North American plate and Pacific plates. It is Canada's right-lateral
Queen_Charlotte_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
Australian actress (b. 1979)
Ripley 2010 Dance Academy Dana Strong 2011-2016 Winners & Losers Sophie Wong 2016 Australia's Cheapest Weddings Narrator 2025 All Her Fault Sarah Larsen
Melanie_Vallejo
Earthquake in Greece
surface rupture occurred within an existing north-northeast trending fault trace in the Mesozoic limestone in Elaiochori and Perivolakia. It exhibited
1986_Kalamata_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
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
Major earthquakes in the Turkey–Syria border region
result of shallow strike-slip faulting along segments of the Dead Sea Transform, East Anatolian and Sürgü–Çardak faults. Damaged roads, winter storms
2023_Turkey–Syria_earthquakes
Earthquake in Myanmar
surface ruptures with 20 cm (7.9 in) vertical displacements. Along the fault trace, right-lateral offsets up to 15 m (49 ft) were measured, although the
1930_Bago_earthquake
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
Fault in New Zealand
from the west Wahianoa Fault whose trace may be hidden under Ruapehu eruptives could result in a 7.1 MW event. The north–south fault line transitions into
Rangipo_Fault
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
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
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
Active seismic fault in New Zealand's South Island
previously unknown to geologists until 4 September 2010, as physical traces of the fault had been buried by gravel (alluvial deposits) during the last glaciation
Greendale_Fault
City in the United States
Valley has led to a rather flat regional geography. No active earthquake fault traces in the project vicinity are known. Hydrological feature mapping of the
Ceres,_California
Quaternary volcanic ash and lapilli. The Irlanda Fault consists of two en-echelon strands. The fault trace has medium geomorphic expression and, although
Irlanda_Fault
Earthquake in China
in a further 4,000 deaths. Intensities VIII to X was felt along the fault trace in a northeast–southwest orientation. List of earthquakes in China List
1870_Batang_earthquake
Linear landscape feature
used to describe such features on a continental scale. The trace of the San Andreas Fault might be considered an example. The Trans Brazilian Lineament
Lineament
FAULT TRACE
FAULT TRACE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Salt.French : topographic name for someone who lived near a grove or small wood, Old French saut (Latin saltus).
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sinless, Without any fault, Beauty
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Beyond Fault
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Fault-finder; Critic; Reviewer
Surname or Lastname
Irish or Scottish
Irish or Scottish : reduced form of McFaul.English : variant of Fall 2.South German : from a byname for a weakling, from Middle High German vūl, voul ‘frail’, ‘decayed’, ‘foul’, ‘weak’. Later the term took on the meaning ‘lazy’ and in some cases the surname may have arisen from this sense.
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Perfect; Without Faults
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Without Fault
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Fault-finder
Girl/Female
Latin
Fortunate.
Boy/Male
Indian
A critic, A reviewer, Fault finder
Boy/Male
Muslim
A critic, A reviewer, Fault finder
Boy/Male
Muslim
A critic, A reviewer, Fault finder
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the wild boar, Middle English galte, gaute, gault (Old Norse gǫltr). Wild boars were common in the British Isles from the earliest times, and became extinct only with the clearing of the large tracts of forest which formerly covered the country; hunting them was a favorite pastime in the Middle Ages.French : from Germanic walþu- ‘wood’, ‘forest’; a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a wood, or a habitational name for someone from any of the places named with this word, for example Le Gault in Loir-et-Cher, Marne, and Eure-et-Loir.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Mould.
Boy/Male
Indian
A critic, A reviewer, Fault finder
Girl/Female
Latin
Lover of Hercules.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fall.Variant spelling of German Faul.
Boy/Male
Italian Latin
Lucky.
Girl/Female
Indian
Sinless, Without any fault, Beauty
Boy/Male
French, German, Indian, Italian, Latin
Lucky; Fortunate; Enjoying Good Luck
FAULT TRACE
FAULT TRACE
Boy/Male
Muslim
Pure, Chaste, Clean, Modest, Holy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; most probably a derivative of an unidentified Old English personal name.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Ganesh
Girl/Female
Hindu
Auspicious
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Help; Protection; Guardianship; Support
Surname or Lastname
English
English : ethnic name for someone from Scotland.English : from the rare Norman personal name Escotland, composed of the ethnic name Scot + land ‘territory’.Scottish : habitational name from a place called Scotland(well) near Loch Leven in Kinross.
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Site of Arthur's last battle.
Female
English
(Hindi माला): Hindi name MALA means "necklace." In use by the Romani. Old English name meaning "meeting place."
Girl/Female
Indian
Shining, Goddess
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic form of Dodd.
FAULT TRACE
FAULT TRACE
FAULT TRACE
FAULT TRACE
FAULT TRACE
n.
The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.
a.
Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
v. t.
To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.
v. i.
To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.
a.
Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended.
n.
A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie.
v. i.
To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.
n.
Mistake; error; fault.
n.
In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.
n.
One who seeks out faults.
a.
Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure.
n.
Fault; defect; coarseness.
n.
Imperfection; failing; fault.
n.
Fault; failure; omission.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Fault
n.
One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.
v. t.
To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.
n.
A fault.
imp. & p. p.
of Fault
n.
Defect; imperfection; fault.