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Los Alamitos Fault

TYPE OF FAULT: uncertain
LENGTH: 11 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Los Alamitos, Lakewood, Bellflower
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Late Quaternary
OTHER NOTES: Age uncertain; fault indistinct. May be part of a larger fault system -- the Compton-Los Alamitos fault.

References

This fault is featured on the following map:
Los Angeles Fault Map