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Early studies indicated the earthquake was on the Newport-Inglewood fault, but a later study in 2002 indicated the San Andreas fault was the cause. Other faults have been suggested, but the San Andreas fault is considered the most likely fault. Around 40 people died, and the magnitude ranged from 6.9-7.5. [32]
A simulation of a plausible major southern San Andreas fault earthquake — a magnitude 7.8 that begins near the Mexican border along the fault plane and unzips all the way to L.A. County's ...
The San Jacinto Fault Zone and the San Andreas Fault (SAF) accommodate up to 80% of the slip rate between the North American and Pacific plates.The extreme southern portion of the SAF has experienced two moderate events in historical times, while the SJFZ is one of California's most active fault zones and has repeatedly produced both moderate and large events.
The Hayward Fault is one of the secondary faults in this diffuse zone, along with the Calaveras Fault to the east and the San Gregorio Fault, west of the San Andreas. The complete fault zone, including the Rodgers Creek fault, is divided by seismologists into three segments – Rodgers Creek, Northern Hayward, and Southern Hayward.
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The Cascadia subduction zone is a 1,000 km (620 mi) long dipping fault that stretches from Northern Vancouver Island to Cape Mendocino in northern California. It separates the Juan de Fuca and North America plates. New Juan de Fuca plate is created offshore along the Juan de Fuca Ridge. [8] [9]
Southern California's complex rock formations are a result of uplift by the region's active faults. The San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains gained their height from the displacement of brittle granite crust by the San Andreas and the Elsinore Faults. Movement of the Sierra Madre and Raymond Fault have both lifted the northern Los Angeles ...
About half of the San Andreas Fault system's movement has been from the San Felipe fault zone. [4] It has seen 5.8±2.8 km of right separation since its inception. [3] Both the San Jacinto Fault zone and San Felipe fault zones reorganized in the middle to late Pleistocene era and accumulated 600 meters of sediment during uplift and folding. [4]