Earthquake Information
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Lenwood Fault
TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral strike-slip
LENGTH: about 75 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Lenwood, Barstow
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURES: Holocene
SLIP RATE: 0.8 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: 4000 to 5000 years (?)
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.5 - 7.4
OTHER NOTES: Creep recorded, though not verified, at northwestern end. Experienced triggered slip near southeast end in 1992 due to the Landers earthquake.
This fault is featured on the following map:
Mojave Fault Map
