Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Hayward fault zone, Southeast Extension section (Class A) No. 55c
Last Review Date: 2000-12-14
Compiled in cooperation with the California Geological Survey
| County(s) and State(s) |
ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA |
| Physiographic province(s) |
PACIFIC BORDER |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:24,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | This section is 30 km of a total fault length of 107 km. |
| Average strike | N46°W (for section) |
| Sense of movement | Right lateral |
| Dip | 20° NE. to 90° |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | latest Quaternary (<15 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Between 1.0 and 5.0 mm/yr |
| References |
Andrews, D.J., Oppenheimer, D.H., and Lienkaemper, J.J., 1993, The Mission Link between the Hayward and Calaveras faults: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, no. B7, p. 12,083-12,095. Aydin, A., 1982, The East Bay hills, a compressional domain resulting from interaction between the Calaveras and Hayward-Rodgers Creek faults, in Hart, E.W., Hirschfeld, S.E., and Schulz, S.S., eds., Proceedings, Conference on Earthquake Hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 62, p. 11-21. Bryant, W.A., 1980, Hayward fault, Milpitas and Calaveras Reservoir quadrangles: California Division of Mines and Geology Fault Evaluation Report FER-105, microfiche copy in Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 90-11, scale 1:24,000. Bryant, W.A., 1981, Hayward fault zone, San Jose East and Lick Observatory quadrangles: California Division of Mines and Geology Fault Evaluation Report FER-106, microfiche copy in California Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 90-11, scale 1:24,000. Bryant, W.A., 1982, Southern Hayward fault zone, Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, California, in Hart, E.W., Hirschfeld, S.E., and Schulz, S.S., eds., Proceedings, Conference on Earthquake Hazards in the Eastern San Francisco Bay Area: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 62, p. 35-44. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1972, Preliminary geologic map of the Milpitas quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-91, scale 1:24,000. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1972, Preliminary geologic map of the San Jose East quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-92, scale 1:24,000. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1972, Preliminary geologic map of the Lick Observatory quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-90, scale 1:24,000. Dibblee, T.W., Jr., 1973, Preliminary geologic map of the Calaveras Reservoir quadrangle, Santa Clara County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 73-58, scale 1:24,000. Fenton, C.H., Wong, I.G., Sawyer, T.L., and Simpson, D.T., 1994, The Evergreen fault: an example of late Quaternary oblique thrust faulting in the southeastern San Francisco Bay Area, California [abs.]: EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 75, no. 44, p. 683. Galehouse, J.S., 1995, Theodolite measurement of creep rates on San Francisco Bay region faults: Technical report to U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, under Contract 1434-94-G2420. Galehouse, J.S., 1999, Theodolite measurement of creep rates on San Francisco Bay region faults: U.S. Geological Survey, Summaries of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, v. 40, USGS Contract 99-HQ-GR-0084 (electronic version available on line at http://erp-web.er.usgs.gov). Hart, E.W., 1979, Hayward, Mission, and Calaveras faults, Niles quadrangle: California Division of Mines and Geology Fault Evaluation Report FER-88, microfiche copy in California Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 90-11, scale 1:24,000. Hart, E.W., and Bryant, W.A., 1997, Fault-rupture hazard zones in California: California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report 42, 38 p. Herd, D.G., 1977, Map of Quaternary faulting along the Hayward and Calaveras fault zones, Niles and Milpitas 7.5-minute quadrangles, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Map 77-645, scale 1:24,000. Herd, D.G., 1978, Map of Quaternary faulting along the northern Hayward fault zone; Mare Island, Richmond, Briones Valley, Oakland West, Oakland East, San Leandro, Hayward, and Newark 7.5-minute quadrangles, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Map 77-308, scale 1:24,000. Jennings, C.W., 1994, Fault activity map of California and adjacent areas, with locations of recent volcanic eruptions: California Division of Mines and Geology Geologic Data Map 6, 92 p., 2 pls., scale 1:750,000. Lawson, A.C., chairman, 1908, The California earthquake of April 18, 1906—Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission: Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 87. Lienkaemper, J.J., 1992, Map of recently active traces of the Hayward fault, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2196, 13 p. pamphlet, scale 1:24,000. Lienkaemper, J.J., Borchardt, and Lisowski, M., 1991, Historic creep rate and potential for seismic slip along the Hayward fault, California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 96, no. B11, p. 18,261-18,283. Lienkaemper, J.J., Kelson, K.I., Lettis, W.R., Schwartz, D.P., Southon, J.R., and Williams, P.L., 1997, The northern Hayward fault, CA—Preliminary timing of paleoearthquakes [abs.]: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 78, no. 46(supplement), p.439. |