Context of the Yuha Desert Faults San Jacinto Fault Zone Elsinore Fault Zone Imperial Fault Laguna...

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Context of the Yuha Desert Faults San Jacinto Fault Zone El sino re Fault Zone Imperial Fault Laguna Salada Flt. San A ndre as Fa ult Yuha Desert 1

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Known active faults Potentially active faults Previously Mapped Faults in the Yuha Desert Elsinore Fault Laguna Salada Fault 3

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Context of the Yuha Desert Faults

San Jacinto Fault Zone

Elsinore Fault Zone

Imperial Fault

Laguna Salada Flt.

San Andreas Fault

YuhaDesert

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Known active faults

Potentially active faults

ElsinoreFault

Laguna Salada Fault 2

Previously Mapped Faults in the Yuha Desert

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Known active faults

Potentially active faults

Previously Mapped Faults in the Yuha Desert

ElsinoreFault

Laguna Salada Fault 3

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Known active faults

Potentially active faults

Previously Mapped Faults in the Yuha Desert

ElsinoreFault

Laguna Salada Fault 4

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Known active faults

Potentially active faults

Previously Mapped Faults in the Yuha Desert

ElsinoreFault

Laguna Salada Fault 5

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• mapping verified fault rupture on known faults

• rupture mapped on newly discovered faults

Yuha

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New Fault Rupture From El Mayor Earthquake

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Early Mapping – pre-InSAR

Laguna Salada Fault

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Interferogram10/21/2009 – 4/13/2010

field-verified surface faulting (April through May)

78 km

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Detail of UAVSAR image10/21/2009 – 4/13/2010

(un-annotated)

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Detail of UAVSAR image10/21/2009 – 4/13/2010

early fault mapping(pre-InSAR)

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Detail of UAVSAR image10/21/2009 – 4/13/2010

early mapping plusadditional faults

(post-InSAR)

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interpretations from InSARfield-verified surface faulting

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Interpreted Faults from UAVSAR

Interferogram10/21/2009 – 4/13/2010

8 km

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interpretations from InSARfield-verified surface faulting

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Interferogram4/13/2010 – 7/01/2010

Highlighting Continuing Deformation

8 km

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northwest extensionof theLaguna Salada Fault

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Detail of UAVSAR image4/13/2010 – 7/01/2010

fault rupture fromJune 2010 aftershocks

4 kilometers

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Previously Mapped Faults in the Yuha Desert

ElsinoreFault

Laguna Salada Fault

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Faults from All SourcesPresenting Risk from Surface Rupture

ElsinoreFault

Laguna Salada Fault Zone

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interpreted faultsfield-verified surface faulting

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Context of the Yuha Desert Faults

San Jacinto Fault Zone

Elsinore Fault Zone

Imperial Fault

Laguna Salada Flt.

San Andreas Fault

San Diego

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Superstition Hills Flt.