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  San Diego Trough Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral
LENGTH: at least 150 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: always at least 20 km offshore;
San Diego is 40 km away, Tijuana is 35 km away
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: roughly 1.5 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown

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This fault is featured on the following map:

SOUTHERN FAULT MAP