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Darrington-Devils Mountain fault (Class A) No. 574
Last Review Date: 2016-11-29
| County(s) and State(s) |
SKAGIT COUNTY, WASHINGTON SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON (offshore) SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON ISLAND COUNTY, WASHINGTON |
| Physiographic province(s) |
PACIFIC BORDER CASCADE-SIERRA MOUNTAINS |
| Reliability of location |
Good Compiled at 1:24,000 scale. |
| Length (km) | 123 km. |
| Average strike | N81°W |
| Sense of movement | Left lateral, Thrust |
| Dip | 45–90° N |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | late Quaternary (<130 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Less than 0.2 mm/yr |
| References |
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