Chino Fault
The Chino Fault extends along the eastern Chino Hills range region, from Corona in Riverside County to the Los Serranos, Chino Hills area of San Bernardino County in Southern California.[1]
Geology
[edit]The Chino Fault and Whittier Fault are the two upper branches of the Elsinore Fault Zone,[2] which is part of the trilateral split of the San Andreas Fault system. The right-lateral strike-slip fault has a slip rate of 1.0 millimeter/year and is capable of producing anywhere from a Mw 6.0 to a Mw 7.0 earthquake.[3]
See also
[edit]- 2008 Chino Hills earthquake – Whittier Fault
- Puente Hills Fault
References
[edit]- ^ Robert S. Yeats. "The Chino Fault and Its Relation to Slip on the Elsinore and Whittier Faults and Blind Thrusts in the Puente Hills" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03.
- ^ D.L. Lamar; S.C. Swanson (1981). "Study of seismic activity by selective trenching along the Elsinore fault zone, Southern California". Open-File Report. 81–882. doi:10.3133/OFR81882. ISSN 0196-1497. Wikidata Q66372720.
- ^ "Chino Fault". Southern California Earthquake Data Center. Archived from the original on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
33°53′N 117°35′W / 33.883°N 117.583°W
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license.
Cover photo is available under {{::mainImage.info.license.name || 'Unknown'}} license.
Credit:
(see original file).
