Elysian_Park_Fault

Elysian Park Fault

Elysian Park Fault

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Elysian Park Fault is an active blind thrust fault located in Central Los Angeles, California. Approximately 20 km (12.4 miles) long, the fault is believed to able to produce a destructive earthquake of magnitude 6.2–6.7, about every 500–1,300 years, similar in size and frequency to the 1971 San Fernando earthquake or 1994 Northridge earthquake.[1]

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  1. Oskin, Michael; Sieh, Kerry; Rockwell, Thomas; Miller, Grant; Guptill, Paul; Curtis, Matthew; McArdle, Steve; Elliott, Paul (May 2000). "Active Parasitic Folds on the Elysian Park Anticline: Implications for Seismic Hazard in Central Los Angeles, California". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 112 (5): 693–707. Bibcode:2000GSAB..112..693O. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<693:APFOTE>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 10 November 2019.

34°04′N 118°14′W



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