Emerson fault
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The Emerson fault is a significant strike-slip fault in the Eastern California Shear Zone, known for its surface rupture during the 1992 Landers earthquake.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic fault
ⓘ
strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| associatedWithEarthquake | 1992 Landers earthquake GENERATED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| displacementType | strike-slip dominated with minor vertical component ⓘ |
| earthquakeMagnitudeOf1992Event | approximately 7.3 Mw ⓘ |
| evidence |
offset geomorphic features
ⓘ
paleoseismic trenching ⓘ surface rupture mapping ⓘ |
| faultStyle | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| faultZoneType | high-strain zone within Eastern California Shear Zone ⓘ |
| hazardType | source of large crustal earthquakes ⓘ |
| kinematics | dominantly horizontal slip ⓘ |
| linkedRuptureSequence | Landers fault system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedWith |
Camp Rock fault
ⓘ
Homestead Valley fault NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnson Valley fault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mojave Desert
ⓘ
San Bernardino County ⓘ
surface form:
San Bernardino County, California
Southern California ⓘ |
| maximumRightLateralOffsetDuring1992LandersEarthquake | on the order of several meters ⓘ |
| movementType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| notableEventDate | 1992-06-28 ⓘ |
| orientation | roughly northwest–southeast ⓘ |
| partOf | Eastern California Shear Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Eastern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedStructure | Eastern California Shear Zone fault network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rupturedDuring | 1992 Landers earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruptureLengthDuring1992LandersEarthquake | tens of kilometers ⓘ |
| seismotectonicRole | accommodates part of Pacific–North American plate motion ⓘ |
| significance | major contributor to 1992 Landers earthquake surface rupture pattern ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
neotectonics
ⓘ
seismology ⓘ structural geology ⓘ |
| surfaceRuptureObserved | yes ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Pacific–North American plate boundary zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.