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  Furnace Creek Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral
LENGTH: at least 180 km;
including the southern, Pre-Quaternary segment: over 220 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Death Valley, Stovepipe Wells, Oasis
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: 0.7 mm/yr
RUPTURE INTERVAL: 6500 years (?)
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.8 - 7.6
OTHER NOTES: Simultaneous rupture with Death Valley fault zone might be possible.

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This fault is featured on the following map:

BASIN AND RANGE FAULT MAP