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  Morongo Valley Fault

TYPE OF FAULT: left-lateral strike-slip
LENGTH: 18 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Yucca Valley, Morongo Valley
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: less than 0.5 mm/yr (?)
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 6.8


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This fault is featured on the following maps:

MOJAVE FAULT MAP
SOUTHERN FAULT MAP