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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 fault is part of a complex plate boundary system known as the San Andreas Fault System. It runs parallel to the San Andreas Fault, west of the Salton Sea, and is separated from the San Andreas Fault by the San Jacinto Mountains to its east. It cuts under cities including Hemet, Colton, and San Bernardino along the way, before joining the ...
It is bounded on the west by the Chino Fault and Elsinore Trough, on the east and northeast by the San Jacinto Fault Zone including the San Jacinto Valley graben. It is bounded on the north by the Cucamonga Fault Zone, in the San Bernardino Valley and San Jose Hills Fault in the Pomona Valley.
The SJFZ is a complex, highly segmented, and overlapped fault zone that runs parallel to the San Andreas Fault, [7] but separated by the San Jacinto Mountains. [2] It is located on the eastern Salton Trough, and runs 290 km (180 mi) directly beneath the cities of San Bernardino, Colton, San Jacinto and Hemet. [2]
Simplified fault map of southern California The faults of Southern California viewed to the southeast, as modeled by the Southern California Earthquake Center. Highlighted in purple are the San Andreas Fault (left) and Santa Monica Bay complex (right). The foreground is in the Santa Barbara Channel, the east-trending zone marks the Transverse ...
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 ...
A fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a major earthquake and tsunami. Researchers mapped it comprehensively for the first time.
The San Jacinto Fault Zone is a major strike-slip fault zone that runs through San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial counties in Southern California.The SJFZ is a component of the larger San Andreas transform system and is considered to be the most seismically active fault zone in the area.