Quaternary Fault and Fold Database of the United States

As of January 12, 2017, the USGS maintains a limited number of metadata fields that characterize the Quaternary faults and folds of the United States. For the most up-to-date information, please refer to the interactive fault map.

Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)

Mount Diablo thrust fault (Class A) No. 353

Last Review Date: 2017-07-01

County(s) and State(s)	ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Physiographic province(s)	PACIFIC BORDER
Reliability of location	Poor Compiled at 1: scale.
Length (km)	32 km.
Average strike
Sense of movement	Thrust
Dip	38 NE.
Historic earthquake
Most recent prehistoric deformation	undifferentiated Quaternary (<1.6 Ma)
Slip-rate category	Between 1.0 and 5.0 mm/yr
References	Cao, T., Bryant, W.A., Rowshandel, B., Branum, D., and Wills, C.J., 2003, The revised 2002 California probabilistic seismic hazard maps, June 2003: California Geological Survey web page http://www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/rghm/psha/fault_parameters/pdf/2002_CA_Hazard_Maps.pdf.