Lavic Lake fault
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The Lavic Lake fault is an active right-lateral strike-slip fault in the Mojave Desert of Southern California, known for rupturing in the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic fault
ⓘ
right-lateral fault ⓘ strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| associatedWithEarthquake | 1999 Hector Mine earthquake GENERATED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| displacementType | horizontal ⓘ |
| earthquakeMagnitude | 1999 Hector Mine earthquake ~7.1 Mw ⓘ |
| faultType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceRupture | true ⓘ |
| hazardType | earthquake hazard ⓘ |
| isActive | true ⓘ |
| linkedTo | nearby faults of the Eastern California Shear Zone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mojave Desert
ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ |
| movementSense | right-lateral ⓘ |
| near |
Hector Mine area
NERFINISHED
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Lavic Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | surface rupture during 1999 Hector Mine earthquake ⓘ |
| orientation | northwest–southeast ⓘ |
| partOf | Eastern California Shear Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plateBoundaryRole | accommodates part of Pacific–North America relative motion ⓘ |
| region | Inland Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rupturedIn | 1999 Hector Mine earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruptureLength | approximately 40 km (Hector Mine 1999) ⓘ |
| ruptureYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| seismogenic | true ⓘ |
| slipType | strike-slip ⓘ |
| studiedBy | United States Geological Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Pacific–North America plate boundary region ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.