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Elsinore fault zone, Temecula section (Class A) No. 126d
Last Review Date: 1998-12-01
| County(s) and State(s) |
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA |
| Physiographic province(s) |
PACIFIC BORDER LOWER CALIFORNIAN |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:24,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | This section is 62 km of a total fault length of 306 km. |
| Average strike | N48°W (for section) |
| Sense of movement | Right lateral |
| Dip Direction | SW; NE |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | latest Quaternary (<15 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Between 1.0 and 5.0 mm/yr |
| References |
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