Abstract: The machanical nature of faulting and its classification and its names given were dealt with under consideration of rakes/dips for the nodal planes and relative motion of the blocks by use of mechanism solution of the earthquakes in China.The faulting is named by combining its three factors,the type of slip,relative motionn of blocks and dip angle.Some main characteristics of the faulting in China were discussed briefly in the end of the paper.

摘要： 本文据我国地震震源机制解的结果,以节面侧伏角大小,两盘块体相对运动形式和节面倾角大小为基础,讨论了我国地震断裂的力学特点和分类,以断裂滑动类型,块体相对运动和断裂倾角三个要素为准,进行对地震断裂的联合命名。最后在分类统计的基础上扼要地讨论了我国地震断裂的基本特点。