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Historical Earthquakes & Significant Faults in Southern CA

Below is a map of Southern California to display significant earthquakes and faults. The fault traces are shown in red. This is an interactive map. To toggle ...

Southern California faults - Wikipedia

Southern California faults · 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake · 1999 Hector Mine earthquake · 1994 Northridge earthquake · 1992 Landers earthquake · San Andreas Fault ...

Southern California earthquakes and faults

Southern California is Earthquake Country. We know that the San Andreas fault produces large earthquakes and that many other faults are also hazardous.

Fault Activity Map of California - California Department of Conservation

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Map of faults in southern California | U.S. Geological Survey

Map of faults in southern California. Bold numbers show the average time between big earthquakes, determined at paleoseismic sites (triangles).

Clickable Fault Map - Southern California Earthquake Data Center

Below is a map of southern California, with five regions highlighted. This map is clickable. Clicking on a region will take you to an enlarged relief map of ...

Southern California Coast - Earthquake Country Alliance

All Californians know that we live in earthquake country, but many of us have not experienced a damaging earthquake (such as young people or those that have ...

EARTHQUAKES & FAULTS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | USGS Store

The map depicts both active and inactive faults and earthquakes magnitude 1.5 to 7.3 in southern California (1970–2010). The bathymetry was generated from ...

Latest Southern California quake came from most destructive fault

Millions of people are directly on top of the Puente Hills Thrust Fault where this week's earthquake fell. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 ...

The Great California ShakeOut - Central Valley (South) area

The San Andreas fault will create the biggest earthquakes – as big as magnitude 8 – that will disrupt the whole region. But an earthquake near you can be more ...

Fault Activity Map of California - California Department of Conservation

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Interactive map of fault activity in California

The California Geological Survey's interactive map allows users to identify the location and classification of faults throughout California.

This Southern California fault could produce a devastating earthquake

While California's 750-mile-long San Andreas Fault is notorious, experts believe a smaller fault line possesses a greater threat to lives ...

This tiny Southern California fault could produce a devastating ...

In Southern California, however, the San Andreas Fault runs largely through remote mountains and deserts and terminates at the Salton Sea – far ...

California Earthquake Probability Map | CRMP

While the San Andreas is Southern California's most well-known fault, earthquakes in the region also happen on other, smaller faults. In 1994, the magnitude 6.7 ...

California earthquakes: Preparing for the big one - NBC Los Angeles

California's landscape is shaped by multiple faults capable of producing powerful earthquakes. The San Andreas Fault extends about 800 miles ...

The SCEC Community Fault Model (CFM) | Southern California ...

The Southern San Andreas fault was updated to the dipping model based on Fuis et al., (2012) which also contains a portion of the Banning fault. · The East ...

Latest Southern California quake hit most destructive fault

A strong earthquake from the the Puente Hills Thrust Fault could cause damage that's 10 times worse than what San Andreas could trigger.

Southern California Earthquake Faults - Voice of OC

Southern California Earthquake Faults. A database of information about earthquake faults in Southern California based on information from the United States ...

A California fault line remains relatively unknown. It caused last ...

The Puente Hills thrust fault runs beneath downtown Los Angeles and Orange County – two highly populated areas. The 10-mile deep fault angles ...