Chino Fault Explained

The Chino Fault extends along the eastern Chino Hills range region, from Corona in Riverside County to the Los Serranos, Chino Hills area of San Bernardino County in Southern California.^[1]

Geology

The Chino Fault and Whittier Fault are the two upper branches of the Elsinore Fault Zone, which is part of the trilateral split of the San Andreas fault system. The right-lateral strike-slip fault has a slip rate of 1.0 millimeter/year and is capable of producing anywhere from a 6.0 to a 7.0 earthquake.^[2]

See also

• 2008 Chino Hills earthquake – Whittier Fault
• Puente Hills Fault

References

33.8833°N -152°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Chino Fault and Its Relation to Slip on the Elsinore and Whittier Faults and Blind Thrusts in the Puente Hills . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221545/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/reports/02HQGR0046.pdf . dead . 2016-03-03 . United States Geological Survey. Robert S. Yeats.
2. Web site: Chino Fault . Southern California Earthquake Data Center . 2008-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090313185209/http://www.data.scec.org/fault_index/chino.html . 2009-03-13 . dead.