SIERRA NEVADA FAULT ZONE
TYPE OF FAULT: normal
LENGTH: at least 240 km (length of zone);
surface traces are somewhat discontinuous, broken
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: Bishop, Big Pine, Dunmovin, Inyokern
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene in part; varies greatly along trace
SLIP RATE: less than 1 mm/yr (?)
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.1 (?);
unlikely that very long, continuous ruptures occur, given present-day appearance of surface trace
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INDEPENDENCE FAULT
TYPE OF FAULT: normal
LENGTH: 40 km
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: Independence, Lone Pine
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene, in part; otherwise, Late Quaternary
SLIP RATE: between 0.1 and 1 mm/yr (?)
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.2
OTHER NOTES: Responsible for the impressive east face of the High Sierra near Mt. Whitney.
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This fault is featured on the following map:
BASIN AND RANGE FAULT MAP