TYPE OF FAULT: right-lateral strike-slip
LENGTH: about 30 km
NEAREST COMMUNITY: Twentynine Palms
SLIP RATE: uncertain
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: uncertain
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.0
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene; estimated at 1200 to 1700 years before present
OTHER NOTES: Complex junction with Pinto Mountain fault at southern end. May cross the fault and continue briefly southward.
REFERENCES
This fault is featured on the following maps:
MOJAVE FAULT MAP
SOUTHERN FAULT MAP