Transform Fault
By Earthquake Hazards Program
2021 (approx.)
![Map of the west coast of the United States showing the tectonic setting](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/transform_fault.gif?itok=j1gjgWHf)
Detailed Description
A transform fault is a special variety of strike-slip fault that accommodates relative horizontal slip between other tectonic elements, such as oceanic crustal plates. Often extend from oceanic ridges.