Earthquake Information
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Tank Canyon Fault
TYPE OF FAULTING: normal
LENGTH: 18 km
NEARBY COMMUNITIES: Trona, Pioneer Point
MOST RECENT RUPTURE: Holocene
SLIP RATE: about 1.0 mm/yr
INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: uncertain
PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW5.8 - 6.8
OTHER NOTES: Fault dips to the west
This fault is featured on the following maps:
Basin and Range Fault Map
Mojave Fault Map