Earthquake Information

Fault Name Index

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A

AIRPORT LAKE FAULT ZONE

ALAMO THRUST

ANIMATED GIFS

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"ANZA GAP" EARTHQUAKE

ARRASTRE CANYON NARROWS FAULT

ARROYO PARIDA FAULT

ARROWHEAD FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

ASH HILL FAULT

AVAWATZ MOUNTAINS FAULT

B

BAILEY FAULT

BAKER FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

BAKERSFIELD EARTHQUAKE

BANNING FAULT

BASELINE FAULT (see Los Alamos Fault)

BICYCLE LAKE FAULT (see Bitter Springs Fault)

BIG BEAR EARTHQUAKE

BIG MOUNTAIN FAULT

BIG PINE FAULT

BITTER SPRINGS AND BICYCLE LAKE FAULTS

BLACKWATER FAULT

BLAKE RANCH FAULT

BLUE CUT FAULT

BORREGO MOUNTAIN EARTHQUAKE

BOWEN RANCH FAULT (see Tunnel Ridge Fault)

BRAWLEY FAULT ZONE

BRAWLEY SEISMIC ZONE

BRECKENRIDGE FAULT

BROADWELL LAKE FAULT

BROWN MOUNTAIN FAULT

BUCK RIDGE FAULT (see Hot Springs and Buck Ridge Faults, San Jacinto Fault Zone)

BUENA VISTA FAULT

BULLION FAULT

BURNT MOUNTAIN FAULT

C

CABRILLO FAULT

CADY FAULT

CAJON PASS EARTHQUAKE

CALICO AND WEST CALICO FAULTS

CAMP ROCK FAULT

CERRO PRIETO FAULT

CHATSWORTH FAULT

CHINO FAULT

CLAMSHELL-SAWPIT CANYON FAULT

CLARK FAULT (see San Jacinto Fault Zone)

CLEARWATER FAULT

CLEGHORN FAULT

CLEGHORN LAKE FAULT

COPPER MOUNTAIN FAULT

CORONADO BANK FAULT ZONE

COYOTE CREEK FAULT

COYOTE LAKE FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

CRAFTON HILLS FAULT ZONE

CUCAMONGA FAULT ZONE

D

DEATH VALLEY FAULT ZONE

DESERT HOT SPRINGS EARTHQUAKE

DRY CREEK THRUST

E

EAGLE ROCK FAULT

EARTHQUAKE VALLEY FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Jennings (1994)
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)
  • Slip Rate: Dolan (1997)
  • Probable Magnitudes: Derived from rough calculation

EL MODENO AND PERALTA HILLS FAULTS

ELMORE RANCH AREA FAULTS

ELMORE RANCH EARTHQUAKE -- see Superstition Hills Earthquake

ELSINORE EARTHQUAKE

ELSINORE FAULT ZONE

EMERSON FAULT

ETIWANDA AVENUE FAULT (see Red Hill Fault)

EUREKA PEAK FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Jennings (1994)
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)
  • Slip Rate: Extrapolated from slip rates of nearby, similar faults
  • Probable Magnitudes: Derived from rough calculation
  • 1992 Rupture Notes:

F

FISH CREEK MOUNTAINS EARTHQUAKE

FORT TEJON EARTHQUAKE OF 1857

FRAZIER MOUNTAIN THRUST

FURNACE CREEK FAULT

G

GALWAY LAKE EARTHQUAKE

  • Effects/Significance: Hill and Beeby (1977)

GALWAY LAKE FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Hart and others (1988)
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)
  • Slip Rate: Extrapolated from Emerson fault slip rate
  • Rupture Interval: Based on freshness of scarps before 1975 quake and on assumed slip rate
  • Probable Magnitudes: Derived from rough calculation
  • Formation of link to Calico fault system: )

GARLIC SPRING FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

GARLOCK FAULT ZONE

GARNET HILL FAULT

GLOSSARY

GOLDSTONE FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

GRANITE MOUNTAINS FAULT ZONE

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

GRASS VALLEY FAULT

GRAVEL HILLS FAULT (see Harper Fault Zone)

H

HARPER FAULT ZONE

HARPER LAKE FAULT

HELENDALE FAULT

HIDALGO FAULT

HIDDEN SPRINGS FAULT

HOLLYWOOD FAULT

HOLSER FAULT

HOMESTEAD VALLEY FAULT

HOSGRI FAULT ZONE

HOT SPRINGS AND BUCK RIDGE FAULTS (San Jacinto area)

HOT SPRINGS FAULT (Salton Sea area)

HUNTER MOUNTAIN FAULT

I

IMPERIAL FAULT

IMPERIAL FAULT EARTHQUAKE OF 1966

IMPERIAL VALLEY EARTHQUAKE OF 1915

IMPERIAL VALLEY EARTHQUAKE OF 1940

IMPERIAL VALLEY EARTHQUAKE OF 1979

INDEPENDENCE FAULT

J

JOHNSON VALLEY FAULT

JOSHUA TREE EARTHQUAKE

K

KERN COUNTY EARTHQUAKE

KERN FRONT FAULT

KERN GORGE AND POSO CREEK FAULTS

KICKAPOO FAULT

KRAMER JUNCTION AREA FAULTS (Kramer Hills, Leuhman, and Spring Faults)

L

LAGUNA SALADA EARTHQUAKE

LAGUNA SALADA FAULT

LANDERS EARTHQUAKE

  • Effects/Damage Reports: Rymer (1992); Brewer (1992); other sources
  • Photos from: numerous varied sources

LANDERS FAULT (see Kickapoo Fault)

LA PANZA FAULT

LAVIC LAKE FAULT

  • Fault Trace Location: unpublished studies
  • Type of Faulting: unpublished studies
  • Surface Rupture Age: unpublished studies

LENWOOD FAULT

LEUHMAN FAULT (see Kramer Junction Area Faults)

LION CANYON FAULT

LITTLE LAKE FAULT ZONE

LITTLE PINE FAULT

LLANO FAULT

LOCKHART AND NORTH LOCKHART FAULTS

  • Type of Faulting: Jennings (1994)
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)
  • Slip Rate: )
  • Rupture Interval: )
  • Probable Magnitudes: Derived from rough calculation

LOMPOC EARTHQUAKE

LONG BEACH EARTHQUAKE

LONG CANYON FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

LOS ALAMITOS FAULT

LOS ALAMOS AND BASELINE FAULTS

LOS OSOS FAULT

LUDLOW FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

LYTLE CREEK EARTHQUAKE

M

MALIBU COAST FAULT

MALIBU EARTHQUAKE OF 1979

MALIBU EARTHQUAKE OF 1989

MANIX EARTHQUAKE

MANIX FAULT

MESA - RINCON CREEK FAULT

MESQUITE LAKE FAULT

MILL CREEK FAULT

MINT CANYON FAULT

MIRAGE VALLEY FAULT ZONE

MISSION CREEK FAULT

MISSION HILLS FAULT

MOJAVE (1992 GARLOCK) EARTHQUAKE

MONTEBELLO EARTHQUAKE

MORALES FAULT

MORONGO VALLEY FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: )
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)
  • Slip Rate: )
  • Probable Magnitudes: Derived from rough calculation

MT. GENERAL FAULT

MT. POSO FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

N

NEW HOPE FAULT (see Premier Fault)

NEWPORT BEACH EARTHQUAKE

NEWPORT-INGLEWOOD FAULT ZONE

NEWPORT-INGLEWOOD - ROSE CANYON FAULT ZONE

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)
  • Slip Rate: Jennings (1994)
  • Probable Magnitudes: Derived from rough calculation

NORTH BRANCH SAN ANDREAS FAULT

NORTH FRONTAL FAULT ZONE (of San Bernardino Mountains)

NORTH LOCKHART FAULT (see Lockhart and North Lockhart Fault)

NORTH PALM SPRINGS EARTHQUAKE

NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE

  • Effects/Damage Reports: numerous varied sources
  • Photos from: numerous varied sources

NORTHRIDGE HILLS FAULT

NORTH SAN JACINTO FAULT EARTHQUAKE OF 1923

O

OAK RIDGE FAULT

OAK VIEW FAULT ZONE

OCEANSIDE EARTHQUAKE

OLD WOMAN SPRINGS FAULT

OWENS VALLEY EARTHQUAKE OF 1872

OWENS VALLEY FAULT ZONE

OWL LAKE FAULT

OZENA FAULT

P

PALOS VERDES FAULT ZONE

PANAMINT VALLEY FAULT ZONE

PARKFIELD EARTHQUAKE OF 1966

PASADENA EARTHQUAKE

PELONA FAULT

PERALTA HILLS FAULT (see El Modeno and Peralta Hills Faults)

PINE MOUNTAIN FAULT

PINTO MOUNTAIN FAULT

PIPES CANYON FAULT

PISGAH FAULT

PITAS POINT FAULT (see Ventura and Pitas Point Faults)

PLEITO THRUST

POINT LOMA FAULT

POINT MUGU EARTHQUAKE

POSO CREEK FAULT (see Kern Gorge and Poso Creek Faults)

PREMIER AND NEW HOPE FAULTS

PUNCHBOWL FAULT

R

RAYMOND (OR RAYMOND HILL) FAULT

RED HILL FAULT

RED MOUNTAIN FAULT

REDONDO CANYON FAULT

RED PASS LAKE FAULT

RICO FAULT

RIDGECREST EARTHQUAKES

RINCONADA FAULT

RODMAN FAULT

ROSE CANYON FAULT ZONE

S

SALINE VALLEY FAULTS

SALTON CREEK FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

SAN ANDREAS FAULT ZONE

SAN ANTONIO FAULT

SAN BERNARDINO FAULT

SAN CAYETANO FAULT

SAN CLEMENTE FAULT

SAN DIEGO TROUGH FAULT ZONE

SAN FERNANDO (OR SYLMAR) EARTHQUAKE OF 1971

SAN FERNANDO FAULT

SAN GABRIEL FAULT

SAN GORGONIO MOUNTAIN FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

SAN GORGONIO PASS FAULT ZONE

SAN JACINTO FAULT EARTHQUAKE OF 1899

SAN JACINTO EARTHQUAKE OF 1918

SAN JACINTO FAULT (TERWILLIGER VALLEY) EARTHQUAKE OF 1937

SAN JACINTO FAULT (ARROYO SALADA) EARTHQUAKE OF 1954

SAN JACINTO FAULT ZONE

SAN JOSE FAULT

SAN JUAN FAULT

SAN RAFAEL FAULT (see Eagle Rock Fault)

SANTA ANA FAULT (Ojai area -- see Arroyo Parida Fault)

SANTA ANA FAULT (San Bernardino area)

SANTA BARBARA EARTHQUAKE OF 1812

SANTA BARBARA EARTHQUAKE OF 1925

SANTA BARBARA EARTHQUAKE OF 1941

SANTA BARBARA EARTHQUAKE OF 1978

SANTA CRUZ ISLAND FAULT

SANTA CRUZ-SANTA CATALINA RIDGE FAULT ZONE

SANTA MONICA FAULT

SANTA ROSA FAULT (see Simi Fault)

SANTA ROSA ISLAND FAULT

SANTA SUSANA FAULT ZONE

SANTA YNEZ FAULT

SIERRA JUAREZ FAULT ZONE

SIERRA MADRE EARTHQUAKE

SIERRA MADRE FAULT ZONE

SIERRA NEVADA FAULT ZONE

SILVER REEF FAULT (see Old Woman Springs Fault)

SIMI FAULT

SLIDE CANYON (OR SLIDE PEAK) FAULT

SODA MOUNTAIN FAULT

SOLEDAD FAULT

SOUTH BRANCH SAN ANDREAS FAULT

SOUTH BRISTOL MOUNTAINS FAULT

SOUTH LOCKHART FAULT

SOUTH SAN ANTONIO FAULT (see Stoddard Canyon Fault)

SPRING FAULT (see Kramer Junction Area Faults)

SPRINGS FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

STODDARD CANYON FAULT

SUPERSTITION HILLS AND ELMORE RANCH EARTHQUAKES

SUPERSTITION HILLS FAULT

SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN FAULT

SYLMAR EARTHQUAKE OF 1971 (see San Fernando Earthquake)

T

TANK CANYON FAULT

TEJON RANCH EARTHQUAKE

TIEFORT MOUNTAIN FAULT ZONE

TORRANCE-GARDENA EARTHQUAKES OF 1941

TOWNE PASS FAULT

TUNNEL RIDGE FAULT

U

UPLAND EARTHQUAKE OF 1988

UPLAND EARTHQUAKE OF 1990

V

VASQUEZ CREEK FAULT (see Sierra Madre Fault Zone)

VENTURA AND PITAS POINT FAULTS

VERDUGO FAULT

VOLCANO LAKE EARTHQUAKE

W

WALKER PASS EARTHQUAKE

WATERMAN CANYON FAULT

WEST CALICO FAULT (see Calico Fault Zone)

WHEELER RIDGE EARTHQUAKE

WHEELER RIDGE FAULT

WHITE WASH EARTHQUAKE

WHITTIER NARROWS EARTHQUAKE

  • Effects/Damage Reports: )
  • Photo from: )

WHITTIER FAULT

WHITE WOLF FAULT

WIENERT FAULT

WILSON CANYON FAULT

  • Type of Faulting: Based on fault orientation in regional tectonic setting
  • Surface Rupture Age: Jennings (1994)

WILSON CREEK FAULT

WRIGHTWOOD (OR SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO) EARTHQUAKE OF 1812

Y

YUHA WELLS FAULT