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'''Rose Canyon Fault''' is a right-lateral [[strike-slip fault]] running in a north-south direction through [[San Diego County]], California.<ref name="scec">Hart, E.W., Bryant, W.A., Wills, C.J., Treiman, J.A., and Kahle, J.E., "Summary Report: Fault Evaluation Program, 1987-1988, Southwestern Basin and Range Region and Supplemental Areas. Depart of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report", 1989, "[http://www.data.scec.org/fault_index/rosecany.html]" March 2, 2010</ref> About {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length, it starts in the [[Mission Valley, San Diego|Mission Valley]] area and heads, past [[Mt. Soledad]] and [[La Jolla]], into the Pacific ocean, where it joins other faults, such as the Oceanside Fault.<ref name="findingfaults">Monroe, Robert, "Finding Faults", 2002, "[http://explorations.ucsd.edu/faults/index.html]" March 2, 2010</ref> Not much is known about this fault at present,{{When|date=August 2013}} though its slip-rate is thought to be 1.1 mm/year.<ref name="scec" /> The Rose Canyon Fault has recently{{When|date=August 2013}} garnered more attention because it runs through such highly populated areas, but is not thought to be much of a threat. However, some [[geophysics|geophysicists]], such as San Diego local Jeff Babcock, have hypothesized that a concentrated [[earthquake]] involving the Rose Canyon, Oceanside, and Newport-Inglewood faults could result in an earthquake up to magnitude 7.6 on the [[moment magnitude scale]].<ref name="findingfaults" /> |
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Revision as of 07:16, 12 August 2013
Rose Canyon Fault is a right-lateral strike-slip fault running in a north-south direction through San Diego County, California.[1] About 30 km (19 mi) in length, it starts in the Mission Valley area and heads, past Mt. Soledad and La Jolla, into the Pacific ocean, where it joins other faults, such as the Oceanside Fault.[2] Not much is known about this fault at present,[when?] though its slip-rate is thought to be 1.1 mm/year.[1] The Rose Canyon Fault has recently[when?] garnered more attention because it runs through such highly populated areas, but is not thought to be much of a threat. However, some geophysicists, such as San Diego local Jeff Babcock, have hypothesized that a concentrated earthquake involving the Rose Canyon, Oceanside, and Newport-Inglewood faults could result in an earthquake up to magnitude 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale.[2]
References
- ^ a b Hart, E.W., Bryant, W.A., Wills, C.J., Treiman, J.A., and Kahle, J.E., "Summary Report: Fault Evaluation Program, 1987-1988, Southwestern Basin and Range Region and Supplemental Areas. Depart of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Open-File Report", 1989, "[1]" March 2, 2010
- ^ a b Monroe, Robert, "Finding Faults", 2002, "[2]" March 2, 2010