Earthquake Information
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Helendale Fault
TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral strike-slip
LENGTH: 90 km
NEAREST COMMUNITY: Lucerne Valley, Apple Valley, Victorville
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: 0.8 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: uncertain
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.5 - 7.3
OTHER NOTES: The Helendale fault seems to cut through the North Frontal fault zone of the San Bernadino Mountains.
This fault is featured on the following map:
Mojave Fault Map
