TIME July 8, 1986 / 2:21 am PDT
LOCATION 34° 00' N, 116° 36.5' W 10 km (6 miles) NW of North Palm Springs
MAGNITUDE ML5.6
TYPE OF FAULTING right-lateral strike-slip
FAULT INVOLVED either the Banning fault or the Garnet Hill fault
The 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake was responsible for at least 29
injuries and the destruction or damage of 51 homes in the Palm
Springs-Morongo Valley area. It also triggered landslides in the area.
Damage caused by this quake was estimated at over $4 million.
Ground cracking was observed along the Banning,
Mission Creek, and
Garnet Hill faults,
but these cracks were due to shaking, not surface rupture.
Click here for a
rotating, 3-dimensional plot
of the aftershock sequence of this earthquake.
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