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Santa Monica Fault
TYPE OF FAULTING: left-reverse
LENGTH: 24 km
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: Pacific Palisades, Westwood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Late Quaternary
SLIP RATE: between 0.27 and 0.39 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.0 (?)
OTHER NOTES: This is a north-dipping fault. Its slip rate may be greatest at its western end.
This fault is featured on the following map:
Los Angeles Fault Map
