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width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Closeup_of_Grand_Tetons.JPG/330px-Closeup_of_Grand_Tetons.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Closeup_of_Grand_Tetons.JPG/440px-Closeup_of_Grand_Tetons.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3231" data-file-height="1439" /></a><figcaption>East face of the Teton Range. The Teton fault is located at the base of these mountains.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Teton fault is a <a href="/wiki/Normal_fault" class="mw-redirect" title="Normal fault">normal fault</a> located in northwestern <a href="/wiki/Wyoming" title="Wyoming">Wyoming</a>. The fault has a length of 44 miles (70 km) and runs along the eastern base of the <a href="/wiki/Teton_Range" title="Teton Range">Teton Range</a>. Vertical movement on the fault has caused the dramatic topography of the Teton Range.<sup id="cite_ref-Byrd_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geologic_setting">Geologic setting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teton_Fault&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geologic setting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geology_of_the_Grand_Teton_area" title="Geology of the Grand Teton area">Geology of the Grand Teton area</a></div> <p>The Teton fault is located in a unique geologic setting. The fault is on the boundary of four major <a href="/wiki/Geologic_province" title="Geologic province">geologic provinces</a>: the Basin and Range, Idaho-Wyoming Thrust belt, Rocky Mountain Foreland, and the Yellowstone volcanic plateau. The <a href="/wiki/Basin_and_Range_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Basin and Range province">Basin and Range province</a> is a region of east–west crustal extension. This province adds tension perpendicular to the fault line causing the fault blocks to move apart. The Idaho-Wyoming Thrust belt is located south of the Teton fault and is a region of thick and deformed crust that prevents the fault from extending farther south. The Rocky Mountain Foreland is located east of the Teton fault and is a region of thicker crust. This section of crust is heavier and adds to the vertical downward force on the <a href="/wiki/Hanging_wall" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanging wall">hanging wall</a> of fault. The <a href="/wiki/Yellowstone" class="mw-redirect" title="Yellowstone">Yellowstone</a> volcanic plateau is a region of uplift and expansion that influences both vertical and horizontal forces on the Teton fault.<sup id="cite_ref-Byrd_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Teton fault is unique in that it <a href="/wiki/Strike_and_dip" title="Strike and dip">dips</a> or slopes to the east. The majority of major faults in the Basin and Range province dip to the west. The unique dip of the Teton fault can be explained by the subsidence of the <a href="/wiki/Snake_River_Plain" title="Snake River Plain">Snake River Plain</a>. The Snake River Plain is located to the west of the Teton fault and was formed by the migration of the <a href="/wiki/Yellowstone_hotspot" title="Yellowstone hotspot">Yellowstone hotspot</a> forming prehistoric calderas across southern Idaho. As this section of crust cools it tends to subside causing the <a href="/wiki/Footwall" class="mw-redirect" title="Footwall">footwall</a> of the fault to tilt down toward the west.<sup id="cite_ref-Byrd_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Teton fault is also an important feature in a larger region of seismic activity called the Intermountain Seismic Belt. This region extends from western Montana south to northern Arizona.<sup id="cite_ref-Byrd_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smith_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geologic_history">Geologic history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teton_Fault&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geologic history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The development of the Teton fault has been influenced by many past geologic events. In the <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a>, extensive <a href="/wiki/Plutonism" title="Plutonism">plutonism</a> caused <a href="/wiki/Metamorphism" title="Metamorphism">metamorphism</a> and deformation of the region that would become the Teton Range. During the <a href="/wiki/Mesozoic" title="Mesozoic">Mesozoic</a> and early <a href="/wiki/Tertiary" title="Tertiary">Tertiary</a>, the region underwent compression and crustal thickening. This formed <a href="/wiki/Thrust_faults" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrust faults">thrust faults</a> and folds. In the Late Tertiary, compressional forces ceased and extensional forces began. This led to the development of the Basin and Range province beginning 20–17 million years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The age of the Teton fault is somewhat controversial. Most estimates range between 2 and 13 million years old with a consensus that most of the movement on the fault occurred within the last 2 million years.<sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smith_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rates of movement on the fault have changed throughout time. At the end of the Pinedale glaciation 16,000 to 14,000 years ago, slip on the fault increased. This was likely due to changing stresses on the fault as glaciers melted.<sup id="cite_ref-Hampel_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampel-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The largest known earthquakes on the fault in recent history occurred around 4800 and 8000 years ago. The long intervals between large earthquakes on the fault are consistent with other normal faults in the Intermountain Seismic Belt.<sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fault_movement">Fault movement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teton_Fault&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fault movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Teton_fault_block.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Teton_fault_block.jpg/220px-Teton_fault_block.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Teton_fault_block.jpg/330px-Teton_fault_block.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Teton_fault_block.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="254" /></a><figcaption>Representation of the Teton fault block. Uplift and erosion of the footwall has resulted in the Teton Range</figcaption></figure> <p>The Teton fault is a <a href="/wiki/Normal_fault" class="mw-redirect" title="Normal fault">normal fault</a>. Therefore, movement on the fault is primarily in a vertical direction. Movement on the Teton fault occurs on a plane that averages a <a href="/wiki/Strike_and_dip" title="Strike and dip">strike</a> of N10°E and dips 45° to 75° to the east.<sup id="cite_ref-Byrd_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 44 mile length of the fault is broken into three segments. These segments may move separately or with other segments. The southern segment extends from the town of <a href="/wiki/Wilson,_Wyoming" title="Wilson, Wyoming">Wilson, Wyoming</a> north to <a href="/wiki/Taggart_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Taggart Lake">Taggart Lake</a>. The middle segment extends from Taggart Lake to the south end of <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Lake_(Wyoming)" title="Jackson Lake (Wyoming)">Jackson Lake</a>. The northern segment extends to the north end of Jackson Lake.<sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smith_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Teton fault is somewhat unusual in the amount of movement that has occurred over a relatively short amount of time. The amount of movement on the fault over its lifetime has been estimated to range from about 20,000 to 30,000 feet (6–9 km). Some evidence suggests total displacement on the fault may be as high as 36,000 feet (11 km).<sup id="cite_ref-Byrd_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Byrd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average rate of movement on the fault for the late <a href="/wiki/Quaternary" title="Quaternary">Quaternary</a> is about 1.3 millimeters per year.<sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Earthquake_hazard">Earthquake hazard</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teton_Fault&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Earthquake hazard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earthquake hazard in the Teton-Yellowstone region is the highest in the intermountain west. Large earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 to 7.0 are estimated to occur in this region roughly every 200 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Teton fault contributes very little in the way of seismic activity as large earthquakes on the fault occur every 1600 to 6000 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most large earthquakes in the region are associated with the Yellowstone caldera and other faults in the area. In a study conducted from 1986 to 2002, it was found that the Teton fault had very little seismic activity.<sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite its lack of recent seismic activity, it is believed that the Teton fault could produce a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.<sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An earthquake this large would cause severe ground shaking and potential <a href="/wiki/Liquefaction" title="Liquefaction">liquefaction</a> in the valley of Jackson Hole. This would damage or destroy infrastructure and buildings not built to seismic standards. An earthquake could cause the valley of Jackson Hole to tilt slightly to the west altering stream and river channels as well as changing groundwater levels. This could cause flooding in some low-lying areas. A large earthquake would also have the potential to trigger other hazards such as landslides, rockslides and avalanches.<sup id="cite_ref-Pickering_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smith_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teton_Fault&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Byrd-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Byrd_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Byrd_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Byrd_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Byrd_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Byrd_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Byrd_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Byrd, J.O.D., Smith, R.B., Geissman, J.W. (1994) The Teton fault, Wyoming: Topographic signature, neotectonics, and mechanisms of deformation. <i>Journal of Geophysical Research (99)</i>. No. B10. p. 20095–20122.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pickering-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pickering_2-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pickering-White, B.J., Smith, R.B., Husen, S., Farrell, J.M., Wong, I. (2009). Seismicity and earthquake hazard analysis of the Teton-Yellowstone region, Wyoming. <i>Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. (188)</i> p. 277–296</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Smith-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Smith, R.B., Byrd, O.D., (1993). The Teton fault, Wyoming: seismotectonics, Quaternary history, and earthquake hazards. <i>Geology of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Memoir.</i> No. 5, p. 628–667.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hampel-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hampel_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hampel, A., Hetzel, R., Densmore, A.L. (2007). Postglacial slip-rate increase on the Teton normal fault, northern Basin and Range Province, caused by melting of the Yellowstone ice cap and deglaciation for the Teton Range? <i>The Geological Society of America. (35)</i>. 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Major <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">seismically active</a> <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)" title="Fault (geology)">faults</a> of North America</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North America<br />(crosses national borders)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Trench" title="Aleutian Trench">Aleutian Trench</a> (US–RU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basin_and_Range_Province" title="Basin and Range Province">Basin and Range Province</a> (US–MX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Arctic_Rift_System" title="Canadian Arctic Rift System">Canadian Arctic Rift System</a> (CA–GL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cascadia_subduction_zone" title="Cascadia subduction zone">Cascadia subduction zone</a> (US–CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarendon-Linden_fault_system" title="Clarendon-Linden fault system">Clarendon-Linden fault system</a> (US–CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denali_Fault" title="Denali Fault">Denali Fault</a> (US–CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cordilleran_Volcanic_Province" title="Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province">Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province</a> (CA–US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puget_Sound_faults" title="Puget Sound faults">Puget Sound faults</a> (US–CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_rift" title="Rio Grande rift">Rio Grande rift</a> (US–MX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault" title="San Andreas Fault">San Andreas Fault</a> (US–MX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Great_Lakes_seismic_zone" title="Southern Great Lakes seismic zone">Southern Great Lakes seismic zone</a> (US–CA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tintina_Fault" title="Tintina Fault">Tintina Fault</a> (US–CA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Canada</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlevoix_seismic_zone" title="Charlevoix seismic zone">Charlevoix seismic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurentian_Slope_seismic_zone" title="Laurentian Slope seismic zone">Laurentian Slope seismic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leech_River_Fault" title="Leech River Fault">Leech River Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Charlotte_Fault" title="Queen Charlotte Fault">Queen Charlotte Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saguenay_Graben" title="Saguenay Graben">Saguenay Graben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_rift_system" title="Saint Lawrence rift system">Saint Lawrence rift system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timiskaming_Graben" title="Timiskaming Graben">Timiskaming Graben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Quebec_seismic_zone" title="Western Quebec seismic zone">Western Quebec seismic zone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Washington and Oregon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brothers_Fault_Zone" title="Brothers Fault Zone">Brothers Fault Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic%E2%80%93Wallowa_lineament" title="Olympic–Wallowa lineament">Olympic–Wallowa lineament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puget_Sound_faults" title="Puget Sound faults">Puget Sound</a> (<a href="/wiki/Seattle_Fault" title="Seattle Fault">Seattle Fault</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Fault" title="Tacoma Fault">Tacoma Fault</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Lane" title="Walker Lane">Walker Lane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">California</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calaveras_Fault" title="Calaveras Fault">Calaveras Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garlock_Fault" title="Garlock Fault">Garlock Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayward_Fault_Zone" title="Hayward Fault Zone">Hayward Fault Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendocino_Fracture_Zone" title="Mendocino Fracture Zone">Mendocino Fracture Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport%E2%80%93Inglewood_Fault" title="Newport–Inglewood Fault">Newport–Inglewood Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puente_Hills_Fault" title="Puente Hills Fault">Puente Hills Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Canyon_Fault" title="Rose Canyon Fault">Rose Canyon Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jacinto_Fault_Zone" title="San Jacinto Fault Zone">San Jacinto Fault Zone</a> (<a href="/wiki/Elsinore_Fault_Zone" title="Elsinore Fault Zone">Elsinore Fault Zone</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Great Basin</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Valley_fault_system" title="Independence Valley fault system">Independence Valley fault system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moab_Fault" title="Moab Fault">Moab Fault</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Teton Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wasatch_Fault" title="Wasatch Fault">Wasatch Fault</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Great Plains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Humboldt_Fault" title="Humboldt Fault">Humboldt Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Point%E2%80%93Eureka_Heights_fault_system" title="Long Point–Eureka Heights fault system">Long Point–Eureka Heights fault system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meers_Fault" title="Meers Fault">Meers Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemaha_Ridge" title="Nemaha Ridge">Nemaha Fault Zone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Midwest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marianna_Fault" title="Marianna Fault">Marianna Fault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Madrid_seismic_zone" title="New Madrid seismic zone">New Madrid seismic zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandwich_Fault_Zone" title="Sandwich Fault Zone">Sandwich Fault Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabash_Valley_seismic_zone" title="Wabash Valley seismic zone">Wabash Valley seismic zone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Appalachian Mountains<br />and Atlantic Coast</th><td 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