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  El Modeno and Peralta Hills Faults

EL MODENO

TYPE OF FAULT: reverse
LENGTH: about 10 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Anaheim, Orange
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Quaternary



PERALTA HILLS FAULT

TYPE OF FAULT: reverse
LENGTH: about 10 km
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Late Quaternary
OTHER NOTES: >North-dipping. Possible Holocene rupture, though this may be landsliding mistaken as fault rupture.

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This fault is featured on the following map:

SOUTHERN FAULT MAP
LOS ANGELES FAULT MAP