Seal Cove Fault

Seal Cove Fault is a right lateral moving seismic fault located on the seabed just offshore of northern California, with some portions coming ashore right along the cliffs near Moss Beach in western San Mateo County. It is a major branch of the San Andreas Fault.

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Seismically active fault zones, and tectonic blocks of California

Statewide Faults	San Andreas Fault

Faults of Southern California	Brawley seismic zone • Chino Fault • Elsinore Fault Zone • Garlock Fault • Hosgri fault • Imperial Fault Zone • Laguna Salada Fault • Newport-Inglewood Fault • Raymond Fault • Rose Canyon Fault • Salton Sink • Salinian Block • San Gabriel Fault • San Jacinto Fault Zone • Santa Maria River Fault • Santa Ynez Fault • Shoreline Fault • White Wolf Fault • Whittier Fault • Yorba Linda Fault

Faults of Northern California	Calaveras Fault • Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault • Hayward Fault • Healdsburg Fault • Maacama Fault • Mendocino Fracture Zone • Mendocino Triple Junction • Mount Diablo Thrust Fault • Monta Vista Fault • Pleasanton Fault • San Gregorio Fault • San Pablo Fault • Seal Cove Fault • Serra Fault • Silver Creek Fault • Tesla Fault

Sierra Nevada faults, zones, and blocks	Death Valley Fault Zone • Furnace Creek Fault Zone • Honey Lake Fault Zone • Maria fold and thrust belt • Rescue Lineament-Bear Mountains fault zone • Sierra Nevada Batholith • Sierra Nevada Fault • Sierra Nevada-Great Valley Block • Smartville Block • Walker Lane