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Description: USGS map of the Imperial Fault Zone — in Imperial County, Southern California. A system of geological right lateral-moving strike slip faults located in the in the Imperial Valley region, along the border of the United States and Mexico. It is connected to the San Andreas Fault system by the Brawley Seismic Zone.
Title: USGS map of Imperial fault zone
Credit: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/fault/105.html
Author: USGS
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