re: #105 Dr Lizardo

Anyone here know the name of the earthquake fault near Pacoima? I know there’s one that seismologists always worry about because it has the potential to cause some serious devastation. It’s not the San Andreas, but another one….I forgot the name of it. It runs under downtown L.A.

The San Gabriel Mountains are a 37.3 mi (60.0 km) long portion of the Transverse Ranges and are bordered on the north by the San Andreas Fault, on the south by the Cucamonga Fault, and on the southwest side by the Sierra Madre Fault. The San Bernardino, Santa Ynez, and Santa Monica Mountains are also part of the anomalous east-west trending Transverse Ranges. The domain of the ranges stretches from the Channel Islands offshore, to the Little San Bernardino Mountains, 300 miles (480 km) to the east. The frontal fault system at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains extends from the San Jacinto Fault Zone in the east to offshore Malibu in the west, and is defined primarily by moderate to shallow north-dipping faults, with a conservative vertical displacement estimated at 4,000-5,000 feet (1,200-1,500 m) (courtesy of Wikipedia)