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  Owl Lake Fault

TYPE OF FAULTING: left-lateral normal
LENGTH: 25 km
NEAREST COMMUNITIES: None within 30 km
MOST RECENT MAJOR RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: between 1 and 3 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: uncertain
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.0 - 6.8


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This fault is featured on the following maps:

BASIN AND RANGE FAULT MAP
MOJAVE FAULT MAP