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Palos Verdes Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-reverse (?)
LENGTH: roughly 80 km
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: San Pedro, Palos Verdes Estates, Torrance, Redondo Beach
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene, offshore; Late Quaternary, onshore
SLIP RATE: between 0.1 and 3.0 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MANGITUDES: M_W6.0 - 7.0 (or greater?); fault geometries may allow only partial rupture at any one time
OTHER NOTES: Has two main branches (see below). Continues southward as the Palos Verdes - Coronado Bank fault zone.

References

Cabrillo Fault

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-normal (?)
LENGTH: 20 km
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: Rancho Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills Estates, San Pedro
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene, offshore; Late Quaternary, onshore
SLIP RATE: uncertain
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MANGITUDES: M_W6.0 - 6.8
OTHER NOTES: Dips to the north.

References

Redondo Canyon Faulty

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-reverse (?)
LENGTH: 11 km
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: Palos Verdes Estates, Redondo Beach
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: uncertain
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MANGITUDES: M_W5.8 - 6.5

References

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