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  Coronado Bank Fault Zone and Palos Verdes - Coronado Bank Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral and normal faulting (?) - ANIMATION
LENGTH: at least 90 km;
with the Palos Verdes - Coronado Bank Fault Zone: at least 180 km;
NEAREST COMMUNITY: San Diego (20 km offshore)
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: roughly 2.0 mm/yr
OTHER NOTES: Essentially continuous with the Palos Verdes fault zone. Rupture extending from one named section across to another section might be possible.


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This fault is featured on the following map:

Southern Fault Map