Denali fault, Chilkat River section (Class A) No. 5000k
Last Review Date: 2012-07-01
Compiled in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources
| County(s) and State(s) | HAINES BOROUGH, ALASKA <br> |
| Physiographic province(s) | COASTAL TROUGH <br>ALASKA-ALEUTIAN <br> |
| Reliability of location |
Compiled at 1:250,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | This section is 148 km of a total fault length of 4254 km. |
| Average strike | S. 60° E. (for section) |
| Sense of movement | Right lateral |
| Dip Direction | V |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | undifferentiated Quaternary (<1.6 Ma) |
| Slip-rate category | Insufficient data |
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