Cerro Prieto FaultThe Cerro Prieto Fault is a transform fault located in far northern Baja California. It runs between the Cerro Prieto spreading center located southwest of Mexicali, and the Wagner Basin, another spreading center which lies under the Gulf of California. These spreading centers are part of the East Pacific Rise, the northern leg of which has formed the Gulf of California by steadily rifting the Baja California peninsula away from the mainland of Mexico.
Guaymas FaultThe Guaymas Fault, named for the city of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, is a major right lateral-moving transform fault which runs along the seabed of the Gulf of California. It is an integral part of the Gulf of California Rift Zone, the northern extremity of the East Pacific Rise.
Ballenas FaultThe Ballenas Fault is a transform fault located on the seabed of the Gulf of California, extending through the Canal de Ballenas which separates the Isla Ángel de la Guarda from the Baja California peninsula. The fault is an integral part of the East Pacific Rise, linking the Delfin Basin in the north with a smaller spreading center to the south. The fault is considered the northernmost member of a grouping of four transform faults called the Guaymas Transform Fault System.Carmen FaultThe Carmen Fault is a right lateral-moving transform fault located on the seafloor of the southern Gulf of California. It links the Guaymas Basin to the north with the Carmen Basin to the south. All these features are part of the Gulf of California Rift Zone, the northern extension of the East Pacific Rise. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred along the Carmen Fault on January 19, 2017.
Farallon FaultThe Farallon Fault is a right lateral-moving transform fault located on the seafloor of the southern Gulf of California. It links the Carmen Basin to the north with the Farallon Basin to the south. All these features are part of the Gulf of California Rift Zone, the northern extension of the East Pacific Rise.Pescadero FaultThe Pescadero Fault is a right lateral-moving transform fault located on the seafloor of the southern Gulf of California. It links the Pescadero Basin to the north with the Alarcon Basin to the south. All these features are part of the Gulf of California Rift Zone, the northern extension of the East Pacific Rise.
Imperial Fault ZoneThe Imperial Fault Zone is a system of geologicalfaults located in Imperial County in the Southern California region, and adjacent Baja California state in Mexico. It cuts across the border between the United States and Mexico. GeologyThe Imperial Fault Zone is a right lateral-moving strike-slip fault, representing the northernmost transform fault associated with the East Pacific Rise. It is connected to the San Andreas Fault by the Brawley Seismic Zone.
Elsinore Fault ZoneThe Elsinore Fault Zone is a large, right-lateral (dextral) strike-slipgeological fault structure in Southern California. The Elsinore fault comprises the westernmost part of the trilateral split of the San Andreas Fault system (which includes the San Jacinto Fault and the San Andreas itself).Tamayo FaultThe Tamayo Fault is a major right lateral-moving transform fault located on the seabed at the mouth of the Gulf of California. The fault is the southernmost transform in the Gulf of California Rift Zone. The fault links the Rivera Ridge segment of the East Pacific Rise in the south with the Alarcon Basin in the north.
Rose Canyon FaultThe Rose Canyon Fault is a right-lateral strike-slip fault that runs in a north–south direction off the coast of San Diego County, California, until it comes ashore near downtown San Diego. The fault is linked to the Newport–Inglewood Fault (NIFZ) in the north and either the or in the south via en echelon stepovers.
Rivera Fracture ZoneThe Rivera Fracture Zone (historically referred to as the Rivera Transform Fault) is a complex tectonic boundary on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Mexico, south of the mouth of the Gulf of California. It lies between segments of the East Pacific Rise and forms part of the boundary region associated with the Rivera Plate.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.