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  Llano Fault

TYPE OF FAULT: reverse
LENGTH: 7 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Llano, Pearblossom
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
OTHER NOTES: This fault dips to the southwest. The faulting generally does not extend to the surface, but the fault is expressed at the surface by folded Quaternary sediments that form a 30-foot-high scarp. Trenching studies have revealed the nature of the buried fault.

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This fault is featured on the following maps:

MOJAVE FAULT MAP
LOS ANGELES FAULT MAP