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  Earthquake Valley Fault

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral strike-slip - ANIMATION
LENGTH: about 25 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: San Felipe, Julian
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: between 1.0 and 3.0 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.0 (?)


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This fault is featured on the following map:

Southern Fault Map