Elysian Park Fault is an active
blind thrust fault
A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks.
Thrust geometry and nomenclature
Reverse faults
A thrust fault is a type of reverse fault that has a dip of 45 degrees or less.
If ...
located in
Central Los Angeles
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Central Los Angeles is the historic urban region of the City of Los Angeles, California.
Geography The City of Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Department of City Planning divides the city into Area Planning Commission (APC) areas, each fur ...
, 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
The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as the 1971 Sylmar earthquake) occurred in the early morning of February 9 in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California. The unanticipated thrust earthquake had a magnitude o ...
or
1994 Northridge earthquake
The 1994 Northridge earthquake was a moment 6.7 (), blind thrust earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles.
The quake had a duration of approximately ...
.
See also
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Elysian Park, Los Angeles
Elysian Park is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. It is a predominantly low-income community, and has a population of more than 2,600 people. A city park, Elysian Park, and Dodger Stadium are within the neighborhood, as are an al ...
References
{{California Faults
Seismic faults of California
Strike-slip faults
Chino Hills (California)
Geology of Riverside County, California
Geology of San Bernardino County, California
Geography of Corona, California
Buried rupture earthquakes