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Fault · California

Mesquite Lake fault

40 kmlong (25 mi), as mapped
0.2–1 mm/yrhow fast it slips
last 150 yearssince it last broke the surface
0quakes of M2.5+ within 10 km since 2016

In plain English

The two sides move 0.2 to 1 mm a year — 2 to 10 cm every century.

It has broken the ground surface within the last 150 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

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The Mesquite Lake fault as mapped at the surface (glowing), with the other mapped faults nearby, . Traces: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Historic epicentres are estimates.

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.