Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Hood Canal fault zone (Class B) No. 552
Last Review Date: 2003-12-01
| County(s) and State(s) |
JEFFERSON COUNTY, WASHINGTON MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON (offshore) KITSAP COUNTY, WASHINGTON (offshore) |
| Physiographic province(s) |
PACIFIC BORDER |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:250,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | 77 km. |
| Average strike | |
| Sense of movement | Unspecified |
| Dip Direction | E; W |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | undifferentiated Quaternary (<1.6 Ma) |
| Slip-rate category | Less than 0.2 mm/yr |
| References |
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