Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Meers fault, southeastern section (Class A) No. 1031b
Last Review Date: 1994-03-03
| County(s) and State(s) | COMANCHE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA <br> |
| Physiographic province(s) | CENTRAL LOWLAND <br> |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:50,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | This section is 35 km of a total fault length of 54 km. |
| Average strike | N63°W (for section) |
| Sense of movement | Left lateral |
| Dip | 40° SW.–76° NE. |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | latest Quaternary (<15 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Less than 0.2 mm/yr |
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