Earthquake Information

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San Diego Trough Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral
LENGTH: at least 150 km
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: always at least 20 km offshore; San Diego is 40 km away, Tijuana is 35 km away
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: roughly 1.5 mm/yr

INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown

References

This fault is featured on the following map:
Southern Fault Map