Earthquake Information
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Wheeler Ridge Fault
TYPE OF FAULT: thrust
LENGTH: 30 km
NEAREST COMMUNITY: Wheeler Ridge
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.1
OTHER NOTES: This south-dipping thrust fault is associated with a complex series of folds and scarps to the west of the town of Wheeler Ridge (and Interstate 5). It may connect at depth with the Pleito thrust fault.
This fault is featured on the following map:
Northwest Fault Map
