Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)
Berrocal fault zone (Class A) No. 57
Last Review Date: 2000-08-15
Compiled in cooperation with the California Geological Survey
| County(s) and State(s) |
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA |
| Physiographic province(s) |
PACIFIC BORDER |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:250,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | 57 km. |
| Average strike | N46°W |
| Sense of movement | Reverse |
| Dip | 20° SW to 90° |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | undifferentiated Quaternary (<1.6 Ma) |
| Slip-rate category | Between 0.2 and 1.0 mm/yr |
| References |
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