Earthquake Information
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Hidalgo Fault
TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral strike-slip
LENGTH: 40 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Twentynine Palms, Landers, Joshua Tree
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: 0.5 mm/yr or less (?)
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.4 - 7.1
OTHER NOTES: Essentially continuous with the Calico fault zone. Rupture along both faults could potentially produce a greater earthquake than the Hidalgo fault could alone.
This fault is featured on the following maps:
Mojave Fault Map
Southern Fault Map
