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[[Image:122-38HaywardFault.jpg|thumb|300px|For recent activity in the region shown on this map see [http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/FaultMaps/122-38.htm the USGS map for this location.] With appropriate browser settings the "live" maps will also show all of the names of faults shown on the map as you rollover with the cursor.]]

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North of [[San Pablo Bay]], and somewhat offset from the Hayward Fault is the '''Rodgers Creek Fault''', considered by many to be an extension of the Hayward Fault Zone. Another fault further north, the [[Maacama Fault]], is also considered to be part of the "Hayward Fault subsystem". <ref>[http://www.storage.water.ca.gov/docs/o_reg_geo_plate_faulting.pdf p.26]</ref><ref>[http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2005CD/finalprogram/abstract_85295.htm
 Paleoseismic Investigation Of The Maacama Fault At The Haehl Creek Site, Willits, California<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 

While the San Andreas Fault is the principal [[transform fault|transform boundary]] between the [[Pacific Plate]] and the [[North American Plate]], the Hayward Fault takes up a share of the overall motion between the plates. 

==Tectonics of the Hayward Fault Zone==
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[[Category:Napa County, California]]
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