Earthquake Information
Fault Name Index
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Hunter Mountain Fault and Saline Valley area
TYPE OF FAULT: right-lateral strike-slip with some normal slip
LENGTH: about 40 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Dolomite, Teakettle Junction
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: between 2 and 3 mm/yr, averaged over the last 3 million years
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.2 - 7.2
OTHER NOTES: The Saline Valley faults may rupture simultaneously with the Hunter Mountain fault. This fault may also be linked to a hypothetical very-low-angle normal fault under northern Panamint Valley.
Saline Valley Faults
TYPE OF FAULT: normal, with some right-lateral slip
LENGTH: about 20 scattered faults, most less than 5 km in length
NEAREST COMMUNITY: Teakettle Junction
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
OTHER NOTES: These faults probably form a complex system of interaction with the Hunter Mountain fault zone.
This fault is featured on the following map:
Basin and Range Fault Map
