Earthquake Information
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Newport-Inglewood - Rose Canyon Fault Zone
TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral (?)
LENGTH: roughly 90 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Laguna Beach, Dana Point, Oceanside, Encinitas
MOST RECENT MAJOR RUPTURE: Holocene, in part; mostly Quaternary
SLIP RATE: estimated at between 0.8 and 2.1 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: uncertain
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.2 (?); uncertain due to uncertainty in the continuity of the fault zone
OTHER NOTES: This fault zone lies entirely offshore. It is poorly located in parts, and not well studied.
This fault is featured on the following map:
Southern Fault Map
