Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Calaveras fault zone, Paicines section (Class A) No. 54d
Last Review Date: 1999-03-04
Compiled in cooperation with the California Geological Survey
| County(s) and State(s) |
SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA |
| Physiographic province(s) |
PACIFIC BORDER |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:24,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | This section is 26 km of a total fault length of 156 km. |
| Average strike | N41°W (for section) |
| Sense of movement | Right lateral |
| Dip Direction | V |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | latest Quaternary (<15 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Greater than 5.0 mm/yr |
| References |
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