Chino Fault

Chino Fault

The Chino Fault is a fault that extends along the eastern Chino Hills range region, from Corona in Riverside County to the Los Serranos, Chino Hills area of San Bernardino County in Southern California.

Geology

The Chino Fault and Whittier Fault are the two upper branches of the Elsinore Fault Zone, which is part of the is part of the trilateral split of the San Andreas fault system. The right-lateral strike-slip fault has a slip rate of 1.0 millimeter/year and is capable of producing anywhere from a MW6.0 to a MW7.0 earthquake.

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Coordinates: 33°52′56″N 117°35′16″W / 33.88222°N 117.58778°W / 33.88222; -117.58778

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Statewide Faults
Faults of Southern California
Brawley seismic zone • Chino Fault • Elsinore Fault Zone • Garlock Fault • Hosgri fault • Imperial Fault Zone • Laguna Salada Fault • Newport-Inglewood Fault • Raymond Fault • Rose Canyon Fault • Salton Sink • Salinian Block • San Gabriel Fault • San Jacinto Fault Zone • Santa Maria River Fault • Santa Ynez Fault • Shoreline Fault • White Wolf Fault • Whittier Fault • Yorba Linda Fault
Faults of Northern California
Sierra Nevada faults, zones, and blocks
Death Valley Fault Zone • Furnace Creek Fault Zone • Honey Lake Fault Zone • Maria fold and thrust belt • Rescue Lineament-Bear Mountains fault zone • Sierra Nevada Batholith • Sierra Nevada Fault • Sierra Nevada-Great Valley Block • Smartville Block • Walker Lane



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