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  San Gorgonio Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: thrust
LENGTH: 35 km;
25 km along main segment; 10 km along western extension
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: Banning, Cabazon, Beaumont
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene; Late Quaternary along western extension
SLIP RATE: uncertain
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: uncertain
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.0 (?);
might rupture concurrently with Banning fault and others
OTHER NOTES: Dips to the north.

Map of locality

REFERENCES

This fault is featured on the following maps:

SOUTHERN FAULT MAP
SAN GORGONIO PASS FAULT MAP