Earthquake Information
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Little Lake Fault Zone
TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral
LENGTH: 45 km long (north to south) by 15 km wide (east to west); longest fault segment is about 11 km long
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: China Lake, Ridgecrest
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURES: Holocene
SLIP RATE: about 1 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: uncertain
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW5.5 - 7.0 (?)
OTHER NOTES: One of two complex fault zones in the Indian Wells Valley area. The other is the Airport Lake fault zone.
This fault is featured on the following maps:
Basin and Range Fault Map
Mojave Fault Map
