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  Bullion Fault

TYPE OF FAULT: right-lateral strike-slip - ANIMATION
LENGTH: about 55 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: Ludlow, Landers
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: October 16, 1999, MW 7.1
SLIP RATE: roughly 0.8 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: unknown
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW 6.5 - 7.1
OTHER NOTES: The Bullion fault is essentially a southern extension of the Pisgah fault. The two faults may rupture in series as a single system. The Bullion fault is also capable of rupturing in conjunction with the Lavic Lake fault, as it demonstrated on October 16, 1999.

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This fault is featured on the following maps:

Mojave Fault Map