Elsinore Fault Zone
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The Elsinore Fault Zone is a major right-lateral strike-slip fault system in Southern California that accommodates part of the motion between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates and poses significant seismic hazard to the region.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fault zone
ⓘ
geologic fault ⓘ strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| accommodatesPlateMotionOf |
North American Plate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| age | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| associatedWith | earthquakes in Southern California ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deformationStyle | brittle crustal deformation ⓘ |
| displacementType | horizontal displacement ⓘ |
| earthquakePotential | large damaging earthquakes ⓘ |
| faultSlipSense | dextral ⓘ |
| faultType | right-lateral strike-slip fault system ⓘ |
| formedIn | Cenozoic Era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicProvince | California Borderland and Peninsular Ranges region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hazardTo | Southern California population centers ⓘ |
| lengthApproxKm | 180 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southern California ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
California Geological Survey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Geological Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lake Elsinore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Orange County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Riverside County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ San Diego County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | northwest-trending fault system ⓘ |
| parallelTo |
San Andreas Fault
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Jacinto Fault Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pacific–North American plate boundary zone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Andreas fault system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear | Lake Elsinore, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plateBoundaryRole | accommodates part of Pacific–North American relative motion ⓘ |
| region | Peninsular Ranges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riskType | seismic risk ⓘ |
| segment |
Coyote Mountain segment
ⓘ
Glen Ivy North segment NERFINISHED ⓘ Glen Ivy South segment ⓘ Julian segment ⓘ Temecula segment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seismicHazard | significant ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| tectonicSetting | boundary between Pacific Plate and North American Plate ⓘ |
| trend | northwest-southeast ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.