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  San Clemente Fault Zone

TYPE OF FAULTING: right-lateral and vertical offsets
LENGTH: at least 210 km; essentially continuous with the
San Isidro fault zone, off the coast of Mexico
NEAREST COMMUNITY: San Diego (70 km offshore);
forms scarp on east side of San Clemente Island
MOST RECENT SURFACE RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: roughly 1.5 mm/yr

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This fault is featured on the following map:

SOUTHERN FAULT MAP