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  San Fernando Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: thrust
LENGTH: 17 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: San Fernando, Sunland
LAST MAJOR RUPTURE: February 9, 1971, Mw6.6
SLIP RATE: 5 mm/yr (?)
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: roughly 200 years
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 6.8
OTHER NOTES: Dip is to the north. The slip rate is not well known, but trenching studies indicate recurrance interval as between 100 and 300 years.

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This fault is featured on the following maps:

NORTHWEST FAULT MAP
LOS ANGELES FAULT MAP