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  Santa Cruz Island Fault

TYPE OF FAULTING: left-reverse
LENGTH: about 90 km
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene, offshore; Late Quaternary on Santa Cruz Island
SLIP RATE: 0.9 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: roughly 4000 years (?)
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.5 - 7.5
OTHER NOTES: This is a north-dipping fault.

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This fault is featured on the following map:

NORTHWEST FAULT MAP