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  Owens Valley Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral and normal
LENGTH: 110 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Big Pine, Lone Pine, Olancha
LAST MAJOR RUPTURE: March 26, 1872, magnitude 8
SLIP RATE: 1 to 3 mm/yr (?)
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: 2000 - 3000 years (?)
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.5 - 8.2


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This fault is featured on the following map:

BASIN AND RANGE FAULT MAP