The XSF is of left-lateral strike-slip character since late Quaternary and dislocated the NE trending Xiaoshan-Qiuchuan fault (XQF) and the EW trending Changhua-Putuo fault (CPF).

• 该断裂第四纪以来表现为左旋走滑，并水平断错了北东走向的萧山-球川断裂和东西走向的昌化-普陀断裂。