Earthquake Information

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Earthquake Valley Fault

TYPE OF FAULT: right-lateral strike-slip
LENGTH: about 25 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: San Felipe, Julian
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: between 1.0 and 3.0 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.0 (?)

References

This fault is featured on the following map:
Southern Fault Map