Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
San Andreas fault zone, Santa Cruz Mountains section (Class A) No. 1d
Last Review Date: 2002-12-10
Compiled in cooperation with the California Geological Survey
| County(s) and State(s) |
SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIFORNIA |
| Physiographic province(s) |
PACIFIC BORDER |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:24,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | This section is 75 km of a total fault length of 1082 km. |
| Average strike | N49°W |
| Sense of movement | Right lateral |
| Dip | 80° E. |
| Historic earthquake | San Francisco earthquake 1906 |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | latest Quaternary (<15 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Greater than 5.0 mm/yr |
| References |
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