Posted by Canie on February 01, 2009 at 23:58:37:
Well.. it's certainly been a long time since it ruptured big.. Southrn Calif Earthquake Data Center says: LAST MAJOR RUPTURE: 1050 A.D. (?) near Tehachapi; 1500 A.D. (?) near Johannesburg (Searles Valley) SLIP RATE: between 2 and 11 mm/yr; probably averages about 7 mm per year INTERVAL BETWEEN MAJOR RUPTURES: between 200 and 3000 years, depending on the fault segment PROBABLE MAGNITUDES: MW6.8 - 7.6 More at the link below.
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