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  Panamint Valley Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: normal; right-normal
LENGTH: 95 km (length of the zone)
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Wildrose, Ballarat, Panamint Springs
MOST RECENT RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: 0.1 mm/yr to 2.0 mm/yr;
highest rate is at the southern end of the zone
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: uncertain
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.5 - 7.5
OTHER NOTES: The surface trace of this fault zone is complex. The faults typically dip to the west.

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ASH HILL FAULT

TYPE OF FAULT: right-lateral to normal
LENGTH: 37 km
NEAREST COMMUNITY: Panamint Springs
MOST RECENT RUPTURE: Holocene
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.0


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This fault is featured on the following maps:

Basin and Range Fault Map
Mojave Fault Map