QuakeIndex

Fault · California

Hot Springs fault · California

13 kmlong (8 mi), as mapped
not measuredhow fast it slips
< 15,000 yearssince it last broke the surface
3quakes of M2.5+ within 10 km since 2016

In plain English

Its most recent surface rupture is younger than 15,000 years.

This week vs. its last ten years

Too quiet to rank: fewer than half a year's worth of weeks with any M1.5+ quake within 5 km, in ten years. A single quake here would read as "unusual", so we do not score it.

Computed from the USGS catalogue · a description of the past, not a forecast · method

San Andreas faultElsinore faultSan Jacinto faultPisgah-Bullion faultAlgodones faultPinto Mountain fault (includes Morongo Valley fault)Brawley Seismic ZoneImperial faultMesquite Lake faultExtra faultMecca Hills faultHidden Spring faultIndio Hills Fault ZoneBurnt Mountain faultCoachella Fan Fault ZoneEureka Peak faultLong Canyon faultSkeleton Canyon fault
The Hot Springs fault as mapped at the surface (glowing), with the other mapped faults nearby, 3 of the M2.5+ earthquakes within 10 km of it since 2016 (dots), . Traces: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Historic epicentres are estimates.

Every year since 2016

Earthquakes of M2.5+ with an epicentre within 10 km of the mapped trace. Near is not the same as on: some will have slipped on neighbouring faults.

Most recent near it

  1. M 2.7 12 km ESE of North Shore, CA
    2025-01-01 · 8 km from the trace
  2. M 2.8 10 km ESE of North Shore, CA
    2024-11-25 · 10 km from the trace
  3. M 3.1 11 km ESE of North Shore, CA
    2024-11-25 · 9 km from the trace

Neighbouring faults

Fault trace, slip rate and age: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database (public domain), simplified for the web. Earthquakes: USGS ComCat. QuakeIndex does not forecast earthquakes; a fault's history describes the past. For early warning use ShakeAlert.