Coyote Creek Fault
E1005387
The Coyote Creek Fault is a major right-lateral strike-slip fault in Southern California that forms part of the San Jacinto Fault Zone and is known for generating significant earthquakes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coyote Creek Fault canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12760360 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coyote Creek Fault Context triple: [1968 Borrego Mountain earthquake, fault, Coyote Creek Fault]
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A.
Rodgers Creek Fault
The Rodgers Creek Fault is a major active strike-slip fault in Northern California’s San Francisco Bay Area that poses a significant earthquake hazard, particularly to the North Bay region.
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B.
Greendale Fault
The Greendale Fault is a previously unrecognized tectonic fault in New Zealand’s Canterbury region that ruptured during the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, producing significant ground deformation across the rural landscape.
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C.
Gloria Fault
The Gloria Fault is a major transform fault in the North Atlantic Ocean that forms part of the boundary between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates near the Azores region.
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D.
Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
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E.
Laguna Salada Fault
The Laguna Salada Fault is a major active geological fault system in the border region of northern Baja California, Mexico, and southern California, known for generating significant earthquakes such as the 1892 Laguna Salada event.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coyote Creek Fault Target entity description: The Coyote Creek Fault is a major right-lateral strike-slip fault in Southern California that forms part of the San Jacinto Fault Zone and is known for generating significant earthquakes.
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A.
Rodgers Creek Fault
The Rodgers Creek Fault is a major active strike-slip fault in Northern California’s San Francisco Bay Area that poses a significant earthquake hazard, particularly to the North Bay region.
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B.
Greendale Fault
The Greendale Fault is a previously unrecognized tectonic fault in New Zealand’s Canterbury region that ruptured during the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, producing significant ground deformation across the rural landscape.
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C.
Gloria Fault
The Gloria Fault is a major transform fault in the North Atlantic Ocean that forms part of the boundary between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates near the Azores region.
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D.
Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
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E.
Laguna Salada Fault
The Laguna Salada Fault is a major active geological fault system in the border region of northern Baja California, Mexico, and southern California, known for generating significant earthquakes such as the 1892 Laguna Salada event.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic fault
ⓘ
right-lateral fault ⓘ strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
San Jacinto Fault
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jacinto Fault Zone
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| deformationStyle | brittle crustal faulting ⓘ |
| displacementStyle | strike-slip ⓘ |
| faultType | right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | San Jacinto–San Andreas fault system ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Quaternary ⓘ |
| hasEarthquakeActivity | yes ⓘ |
| hazardTo | nearby communities in Southern California ⓘ |
| isSegmentOf | San Jacinto Fault Zone ⓘ |
| knownFor | generating significant earthquakes ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southern California ⓘ |
| movementType | horizontal displacement ⓘ |
| offsetType | right-lateral strike-slip offset ⓘ |
| partOf |
San Andreas transform system
ⓘ
linked to:
San Andreas Fault
San Jacinto Fault Zone ⓘ |
| region |
Inland Southern California
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern California
|
| relativeMotion | right-lateral ⓘ |
| seismicHazard | high ⓘ |
| studiedBy | United States Geological Survey ⓘ |
| tectonicRegime | transform margin ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | Pacific–North American plate boundary region ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Coyote Creek Fault Description of subject: The Coyote Creek Fault is a major right-lateral strike-slip fault in Southern California that forms part of the San Jacinto Fault Zone and is known for generating significant earthquakes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.