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  Harper Lake Fault

TYPE OF FAULT: right-lateral strike-slip
LENGTH: 21 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Barstow, Lenwood
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Late Quaternary
SLIP RATE: roughly 0.9 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: uncertain
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 6.7
OTHER NOTES: roughly continuous with the Harper fault zone; probable magnitude of a surface rupture event is greater in the case of a simultaneous rupture with the Harper fault zone

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