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  Helendale Fault

TYPE OF FAULT: right-lateral strike-slip
LENGTH: 90 km
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: Lucerne Valley, Apple Valley, Victorville
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: 0.8 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: uncertain
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.5 - 7.3
OTHER NOTES: The Helendale fault seems to cut through the North Frontal fault zone of the San Bernadino Mountains.

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