Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Manzano fault (Class A) No. 2119
Last Review Date: 2016-04-11
Compiled in cooperation with the New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
| County(s) and State(s) |
SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO BERNALILLO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO TORRANCE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO VALENCIA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO |
| Physiographic province(s) |
BASIN AND RANGE |
| Reliability of location |
Poor Compiled at 1:24,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | 54 km. |
| Average strike | N9°E |
| Sense of movement | Normal |
| Dip Direction | W |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | middle and late Quaternary (<750 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Less than 0.2 mm/yr |
| References |
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