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

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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 / 33.883; -117.583


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