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Whittier Fault | |
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Location | eastern Los Angeles County |
Country | USA |
State | California |
Characteristics | |
Part of | Elsinore Fault Zone |
Length | 40km |
Tectonics | |
Type | right-lateral strike-slip fault |
The Whittier Fault is a geologic fault located in eastern Los Angeles County in Southern California, that is one of the two upper branches of the Elsinore Fault Zone, with the Chino Fault the second.