Shoreline Fault

Shoreline Fault is a 25 km long vertical strike-slip fault^[1] discovered in 2008 that lies less than a mile from the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in California. It is thought to be able to produce quakes up to 6.5 magnitude, and along with the Hosgri fault are thought to pose a threat to the nuclear plant despite the operator, Pacific Gas and Electric claiming the facility to be able to withstand a 7.5 magnitude quake.^[2]

References

^ ScienceDaily:Revised Seismotectonic Model for California Central Coast: More Complex Than Previously Thought
^ Santa Maria Times:Supervisors request delay for Diablo relicensing

External sites

PG&E Shoreline Fault Zone Report

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