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The San Gabriel Fault is a geological fault in Los Angeles County, California, running about 87 miles (140 km) southeastward from the Ridge Basin in the Sierra Pelona-San Emigdio Mountains juncture area to the western San Gabriel Mountains that forms their southwestern face near Sunland and the northeastern San Fernando Valley, and then on the south flank to the southeastern part of the San Gabriel range.

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San Gabriel Fault

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The San Gabriel Fault is a geological fault in Los Angeles County, California, running about 87 miles (140 km) southeastward from the Ridge Basin in the...

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San Gabriel Mountains

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traverse. The San Gabriel Mountains are composed of a large fault block between the San Andreas Fault Zone to the north, and the San Gabriel Fault and the Sierra...

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San Andreas Fault

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The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike-slip transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through the U.S. state...

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Transverse Ranges

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extends to the San Gabriel Mountains and San Gabriel fault. The central segment includes mountains that range eastward to the San Andreas fault. The eastern...

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1971 San Fernando earthquake

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Little San Bernardino Mountains, 300 miles (480 km) to the east. The frontal fault system at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains extends from the San Jacinto...

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Southern California

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Rose Canyon Fault Salton Trough Salinian Block San Andreas Fault # San Cayetano Fault San Felipe Fault Zone San Gabriel Fault San Jacinto Fault Zone Santa...

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Foothills of the San Gabriel Valley

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California. The ranges are roughly parallel the San Andreas fault to the north over the San Gabriel Mountains' ridgeline. They are generally along the...

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1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake

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bisects the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains at Cajon Pass, where the active San Jacinto Fault Zone diverges from the SAF. The San Jacinto Mountains...

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Raymond Fault

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from the San Andreas Fault in the San Gabriel Mountains where it forms the east fork of the San Gabriel River and Monrovia Canyon. The fault is very straight...

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Santa Clarita Valley

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is bisected by the San Gabriel Fault, which runs through the center of the valley along a NW-SE axis. The much smaller Holser Fault runs east-to-west between...

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Vasquez Rocks

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the San Andreas Fault, runs through the Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park. Other faults, such as the Pelona, Vasquez Canyon, Soledad, and San Gabriel Faults...

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Verdugo Mountains

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rocks exposed to the north in that portion of the San Gabriel Mountains south of the San Gabriel Fault. These consist of gneiss, and gneissic diorite and...

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Mount San Antonio

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Mount San Antonio, commonly referred to as Mount Baldy or Old Baldy, is a 10,064 ft (3,068 m) summit in the San Gabriel Mountains on the border of Los...

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Sierra Madre Fault Zone

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boundary to the San Gabriel Valley and San Fernando Valley, the Sierra Madre Fault Zone (also known as the Sierra Madre-Cucamonga Fault) runs along the...

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San Jacinto

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California San Jacinto River (California) San Jacinto Fault Zone, a Southern Californian fault zone San Jacinto Valley, California San Jacinto, Indiana San Jacinto...

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San Bernardino Valley

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the San Gabriel Mountains, southwest by the San Timoteo badlands, and southeast by the Crafton Hills. The San Andreas Fault and San Jacinto Fault zones...

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San Bernardino Mountains

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formed about eleven million years ago by tectonic activity along the San Andreas Fault, and are still actively rising. Many local rivers originate in the...

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Bagre Norte Fault

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Colombia Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault Romeral Fault System Otú Norte Fault Paris et al., 2000, p.29 Paris, Gabriel; Michael N. Machette; Richard L. Dart...

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Santa Rita Fault

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of earthquakes in Colombia Romeral Fault System Paris et al., 2000, p.26 Paris et al., 2000, p.27 Paris, Gabriel; Michael N. Machette; Richard L. Dart...

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Montenegro Fault

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Montenegro Fault (Spanish: Falla de Montenegro) is an oblique sinistral strike-slip fault in the department of Quindío in west-central Colombia. The fault is...

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Peter Gabriel

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Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter and human rights activist. He was the original lead singer of the progressive...

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La Macarena Fault

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earthquakes in Colombia Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault Eastern Frontal Fault System Paris et al., 2000, p.47 Paris, Gabriel; Michael N. Machette; Richard L. Dart...

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