Imperial Fault Zone

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The Imperial Fault Zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in Southern California that forms part of the southernmost extension of the San Andreas Fault system and is a significant source of regional earthquakes.

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Label Occurrences
Imperial Fault Zone canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf active fault ⓘ
geologic fault zone ⓘ
strike-slip fault ⓘ
activityStatus historically active ⓘ
associatedWith Gulf of California rift zone ⓘ
Salton Sea geothermal system ⓘ
connectsTo Brawley Seismic Zone ⓘ
Cerro Prieto Fault ⓘ
San Andreas Fault ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
displacementType strike-slip ⓘ
geologicAge Quaternary ⓘ
hasFeature shallow seismicity ⓘ
surface ruptures during large earthquakes ⓘ
hazardType ground shaking ⓘ
surface fault rupture ⓘ
isExtensionOf southern San Andreas Fault ⓘ
linked to: San Andreas Fault
isSegmentOf Pacific–North America plate boundary ⓘ
isSourceOf regional earthquakes ⓘ
locatedIn Imperial Valley ⓘ
Salton Trough ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
United States ⓘ
maximumMagnitudeApprox around 7.0 ⓘ
movementType horizontal displacement ⓘ
near US–Mexico border ⓘ
notableEarthquake 1940 Imperial Valley earthquake ⓘ
1979 Imperial Valley earthquake ⓘ
orientation northwest-southeast ⓘ
partOf San Andreas Fault system ⓘ
linked to: San Andreas Fault
passesNear Calexico, California ⓘ
El Centro, California ⓘ
Imperial, California ⓘ
plateBoundaryBetween North American Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
region Colorado Desert ⓘ
relativeMotion right-lateral ⓘ
riskCategory significant seismic source in Southern California ⓘ
seismicHazardFor Imperial County, California ⓘ
linked to: Imperial County

Mexicali Valley ⓘ
state California ⓘ
studiedBy geologists ⓘ
seismologists ⓘ
tectonicSetting transform plate boundary ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brawley Seismic Zone → links → Imperial Fault Zone ⓘ