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Archived report (descriptions no longer maintained)

Strawberry Point fault (Class A) No. 571

Last Review Date: 2017-01-17

County(s) and State(s) ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Physiographic province(s) PACIFIC BORDER
Reliability of location Good
Compiled at 1:100,000 scale.
Length (km) 26 km.
Average strike N81°W
Sense of movement Left lateral, Reverse
Dip Direction V
Historic earthquake
Most recent prehistoric deformation late Quaternary (<130 ka)
Slip-rate category Between 0.2 and 1.0 mm/yr
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