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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fault zone ⓘ
geologic fault ⓘ
strike-slip fault ⓘ
accommodatesPlateMotionOf North American Plate ⓘ
Pacific Plate ⓘ
age Cenozoic ⓘ
associatedWith earthquakes in Southern California ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country 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 ⓘ
linked to: Cenozoic
geologicProvince California Borderland and Peninsular Ranges region ⓘ
hazardTo Southern California population centers ⓘ
lengthApproxKm 180 ⓘ
locatedIn Southern California ⓘ
monitoredBy California Geological Survey ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
motionType right-lateral strike-slip ⓘ
namedAfter Lake Elsinore ⓘ
near Orange County, California ⓘ
Riverside County, California ⓘ
linked to: Riverside County

San Diego County, California ⓘ
linked to: San Diego County
orientation northwest-trending fault system ⓘ
parallelTo San Andreas Fault ⓘ
San Jacinto Fault Zone ⓘ
partOf Pacific–North American plate boundary zone ⓘ
San Andreas fault system ⓘ
linked to: San Andreas Fault
passesNear Lake Elsinore, California ⓘ
linked to: Lake Elsinore
plateBoundaryRole accommodates part of Pacific–North American relative motion ⓘ
region Peninsular Ranges ⓘ
riskType seismic risk ⓘ
segment Coyote Mountain segment ⓘ
Glen Ivy North segment ⓘ
Glen Ivy South segment ⓘ
Julian segment ⓘ
Temecula segment ⓘ
seismicHazard significant ⓘ
state California ⓘ
tectonicSetting boundary between Pacific Plate and North American Plate ⓘ
trend northwest-southeast ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Imperial Fault → linkedWith → Elsinore Fault Zone ⓘ
California Borderland region → crossedBy → Elsinore Fault offshore segments ⓘ
linked to: Elsinore Fault Zone
Elsinore Trough → partOf → Elsinore Fault Zone ⓘ
Elsinore Trough → associatedWith → Elsinore Fault ⓘ
linked to: Elsinore Fault Zone
Elsinore Trough → boundedBy → Elsinore Fault Zone ⓘ