California is currently one of the few places in the world that has adopted a systematic plan to deal with faults. Though Japan is greatly admired by Taiwan for its earthquake preparedness, its zoning regulations don't currently take fault lines into consideration.
加州是目前世界上較有系統地對斷層作規範的地區，即使被台灣推崇為防震第一的日本，目前的建築法規也尚未列入與斷層相關的管理辦法。