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Imperial Fault, Imperial Valley, California Earthquake. 1979.

Dates

Date Taken
1979

Summary

Imperial Valley, California, Earthquake October 15, 1979. Main branch of the Imperial Fault (29.2 kilometers northwest of the southeast end of the fault), 0.4 to 0.8 kilometer north of Carey Road. The surface break is the dark line at the base of the low, slightly gullied scarp in the foreground. The trace generally follows the curved edge of the cultivated field in the distance and converges with the curved concrete canal liner at the top. View is northeast. Figure 97, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1254.

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U.S. Geological Survey

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name photoLibrary jce00010
number photoLibrary 19928
batch photoLibrary batch86
number_in_book photoLibrary 10

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