Southern California faults
Most of central and northern California rests on a crustal block (terrane) that is being torn from the North American continent by the passing Pacific Plate of oceanic crust. Southern California lies at the southern end of this block, where the Southern California faults create a complex and even chaotic landscape of seismic activity.
Seismic, geologic, and other data has been integrated by the Southern California Earthquake Center to produce the Community Fault Model (CFM) database that documents over 140 faults in southern California considered capable of producing moderate to large earthquakes.[1] A three-dimensional (3D) model has been derived that can be viewed with suitable visualization software (see image).[2] The probability of a serious earthquake on various faults has been estimated in the 2008 Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast. Details on specific faults can be found in the USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database.
See also
- Basin and range topography
- Basin and Range Province
- California earthquake forecast (UCERF)
- Earthquake insurance
- List of earthquakes in California
- Plate tectonics
- San Andreas Fault
- Seismology
- Transverse Ranges
- Walker Lane
References
Notes
- ^ Plesch & others 2007.
- ^ See External links for download url.
Bibliography
- Plesch, A.; et al. (December 2007), "Community Fault Model (CFM) for Southern California" (PDF), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 97 (6): 1793–1802, Bibcode:2007BuSSA..97.1793P, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.468.4206, doi:10.1785/0120050211
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Archived 2014-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold DatabaseA complete listing of known, geologically recent faults. Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Southern California Earthquake Center
- Community Fault Model site, with images.
- Community Fault Model Downloadable vtk files of the southern California faults.
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- Brawley Seismic Zone
- Chino Fault
- Elsinore Fault Zone
- Elysian Park Fault
- Garlock Fault
- Hollywood fault
- Hosgri Fault
- Imperial Fault Zone
- Laguna Salada Fault
- Newport–Inglewood Fault
- Northridge Blind Thrust Fault
- Peninsular Ranges
- Puente Hills Fault
- Raymond Fault
- Rose Canyon Fault
- Salton Trough
- San Cayetano Fault
- San Diego Trough Fault Zone
- San Felipe Fault Zone
- San Gabriel Fault
- San Jacinto Fault Zone
- Santa Maria River Fault
- Santa Ynez Fault
- Shoreline Fault
- Sierra Madre Fault Zone
- Ventura Fault
- White Wolf Fault
- Whittier Fault
- Yorba Linda Fault
- Bartlett Springs Fault
- Calaveras Fault
- Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault
- Concord Fault
- Hayward Fault Zone
- Healdsburg Fault
- Maacama Fault
- Mendocino Fracture Zone
- Mendocino Triple Junction
- Mount Diablo Thrust Fault
- Monta Vista Fault
- Nacimiento Fault
- Pleasanton Fault
- Rinconada Fault
- San Gregorio Fault
- San Pablo Fault
- Seal Cove Fault
- Serra Fault
- Silver Creek Fault
- Tesla Fault
- West Napa Fault