Faults off the Southern California Coast

Numerous faults run through San Diego County and the nearby offshore area (© 1995 Mark Legg, SCEC).

The image below illustrates these faults and their names. Topography removed for clarity.

SoCal fault image

Figure 1: Map of faults of the San Diego coast (© 1995 Mark Legg, SCEC).

URL: http://eqinfo.ucsd.edu/faq/faults_sd_coast.php [Last updated: 2006-10-27 (300) 17:05:56 UTC]