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Elsinore Fault Zone information


California Coast, Los Angeles to San Diego Bay. Elsinore Fault Zone is labeled in the center running along the Santa Ana Mountains. NASA photo, 2008

The Elsinore Fault Zone is a large right-lateral strike-slip geological fault structure in Southern California. The fault is part of the trilateral split of the San Andreas fault system and is one of the largest, though quietest faults in Southern California.[1][2]

  1. ^ "The San Andreas Fault System". SDSU.edu. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  2. ^ "Elsinore Fault Zone". Southern California Earthquake Data Center. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2010-09-18.

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