Ridgecrest fault system
E759848
The Ridgecrest fault system is a network of active strike-slip faults in the eastern California desert that produced the powerful 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fault system
ⓘ
geologic structure ⓘ strike-slip fault system ⓘ |
| activity | active ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
2019 Ridgecrest aftershocks
ⓘ
2019 Ridgecrest foreshock ⓘ 2019 Ridgecrest mainshock ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deformationType | brittle crustal deformation ⓘ |
| displacementType | horizontal displacement ⓘ |
| earthquakeMechanism | strike-slip faulting ⓘ |
| evidenceFrom |
GPS geodesy
ⓘ
InSAR observations ⓘ seismicity patterns ⓘ surface rupture mapping ⓘ |
| faultStyle | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| faultType | strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| foreshockMagnitude | 6.4 ⓘ |
| hasComponent | multiple subparallel fault strands ⓘ |
| hazardType | earthquake hazard ⓘ |
| kinematics | right-lateral shear with minor normal components ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mojave Desert
ⓘ
eastern California NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern California desert ⓘ |
| maximumRecordedMagnitude | 7.1 ⓘ |
| movementType | strike-slip ⓘ |
| near | city of Ridgecrest, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | producing largest California earthquake since 1999 Hector Mine earthquake ⓘ |
| orientation | north-northwest–south-southeast ⓘ |
| partOf | intraplate faulting within plate-boundary zone ⓘ |
| plateBoundaryZone | Pacific Plate–North American Plate boundary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produced | 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proximityTo | Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Eastern California Shear Zone and Mojave Desert region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Eastern California Shear Zone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Garlock Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ Owens Valley fault zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruptureDate |
2019-07-04
ⓘ
2019-07-05 ⓘ |
| seismogenicDepth | upper crust ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| studiedBy |
United States Geological Survey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
seismologists ⓘ |
| tectonicRole | accommodates right-lateral shear between Pacific and North American plates ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Pacific–North America plate boundary region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| triggered | widespread aftershock sequence in 2019 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.