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  Whittier Fault

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral strike-slip with some reverse slip
LENGTH: about 40 km
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: Yorba Linda, Hacienda Heights, Whittier
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: between 2.5 and 3.0 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 7.2
OTHER NOTES: The Whittier fault dips toward the northeast.

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This fault is featured on the following maps:

SOUTHERN FAULT MAP
LOS ANGELES FAULT MAP