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San Andreas Fault

geological fault
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San Andreas Fault
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Summary

San Andreas Fault is a transform boundary[1]. It draws 22,856 Wikipedia views per month (transform boundary category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: strike-slip fault[5]
  • Named after: San Andreas Lake[6]
  • Commons category: San Andreas Fault[7]
  • Has part(s): San Andreas fault zone, Shelter Cove Section[8], San Andreas fault zone, North Coast section[9], San Andreas fault zone, Peninsula section[10], San Andreas fault zone, Santa Cruz Mountains section[11], San Andreas fault zone, Creeping section[12], San Andreas fault zone, Parkfield section[13], San Andreas fault zone, Cholame-Carrizo section[14], San Andreas fault zone, Mojave section[15], San Andreas fault zone, San Bernardino Mountains section[16], San Andreas fault zone, Coachella section[17], separation[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:San Andreas Fault[19]
  • Commons gallery: San Andreas Fault[20]
  • Heritage designation: National Natural Landmark[21]
  • Length: 2789 km[22]
  • P14541: 1i4f4Y[23]

Body

Influence

Things named for San Andreas Fault include San Andreas[24], a film[25], directed by Brad Peyton[26].

Why It Matters

San Andreas Fault has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for it include San Andreas[24], a film[25], directed by Brad Peyton[26].

Related Entities

California San Andreas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved . earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved . earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved . earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved . earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved . earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved . earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved . earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved . earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved . earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved . earthquake.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · ~2026-54903-90 · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Length → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2789'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de',
    Sitelink count → 51
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Length: 2,789 kilometre"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:San Andreas Fault
    Length → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+2789'}
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → San Andreas fault zone, Shelter Cove Section, San Andreas fault zone, North Coast section, San Andreas fault zone, Peninsula section +8
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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