Earthquake Information
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Mesquite Lake Fault
TYPE OF FAULT: right-lateral strike-slip
LENGTH: about 30 km
NEAREST COMMUNITY: Twentynine Palms
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.0
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene; estimated at 1200 to 1700 years before present
OTHER NOTES: Complex junction with Pinto Mountain fault at southern end. May cross the fault and continue briefly southward.
This fault is featured on the following maps:
Mojave Fault Map
Southern Fault Map
