The Yorba Linda Fault or Yorba Linda Trend is a fault system that extends from northeast
Yorba Linda, California
Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, United States, approximately southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. It is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and had a population of 68,336 at the 2020 census.
Yor ...
to the southeastern portion of the
Chino Hills
The Chino Hills are a mountain range on the border of Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties, California, with a small portion in Riverside County. The Chino Hills State Park preserves open space and habitat in them.
Geography
The C ...
and
Chino Hills (city), in
San Bernardino County, California.
The fault was discovered in the late 1990s and is known to have caused the 5.5
2008 Chino Hills earthquake
The 2008 Chino Hills earthquake occurred at 11:42:15 am PDT (18:42:15 UTC) on July 29 in Southern California. The epicenter of the magnitude 5.4 earthquake was in Chino Hills, c. east-southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Though there wer ...
. The fault is believed to produce a 6.0
earthquake at most.
Seismic faults of California
Geology of Orange County, California
Chino Hills (California)
Chino Hills, California
Yorba Linda, California
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