Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault

The Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault is a fault located in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area of California, in Alameda County and Contra Costa County. It is part of the somewhat parallel system of faults that are secondary to the San Andreas Fault.

Seismic activity

Earthquake probability map associated with different faults in the Bay Area.

The 5.8 magnitude 1980 Livermore earthquake occurred on this fault.^[1] The fault creeps at a rate of at 2 mm/year.^[2] The predicted probability of a major earthquake on this fault within the next 30 years is relatively low, at 3%, compared to nearby faults such as the Hayward Fault.

References

^ Tinsley, M.G. "Surface Faulting near Livermore, California Associated with the January 1980 Earthquakes". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
^ Lienkaemper, James J.; Barry, G. Robert; Smith, Forrest E.; Mello, Joseph D.; McFarland, Forrest S. (2013). "The Greenville Fault: Preliminary Estimates of Its Long‐Term Creep Rate and Seismic Potential" (PDF). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 103 (5): 2729–2738. Bibcode:2013BuSSA.103.2729L. doi:10.1785/0120120169. ISSN 0037-1106.

37°42′N 121°40′W / 37.7°N 121.67°W / 37.7; -121.67

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[1] Tinsley, M.G. "Surface Faulting near Livermore, California Associated with the January 1980 Earthquakes". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-05-18.

[2] Lienkaemper, James J.; Barry, G. Robert; Smith, Forrest E.; Mello, Joseph D.; McFarland, Forrest S. (2013). "The Greenville Fault: Preliminary Estimates of Its Long‐Term Creep Rate and Seismic Potential" (PDF). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 103 (5): 2729–2738. Bibcode:2013BuSSA.103.2729L. doi:10.1785/0120120169. ISSN 0037-1106.

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v t e Seismically active fault zones and tectonic blocks of California
Statewide Faults	San Andreas Fault Salinian Block
Southern California	Brawley Seismic Zone Chino Fault Elsinore Fault Zone Elysian Park Fault Garlock Fault Hollywood fault Hosgri Fault Imperial Fault Zone Laguna Salada Fault Newport–Inglewood Fault Northridge Blind Thrust Fault Peninsular Ranges Puente Hills Fault Raymond Fault Rose Canyon Fault Salton Trough San Cayetano Fault San Diego Trough Fault Zone San Felipe Fault Zone San Gabriel Fault San Jacinto Fault Zone Santa Maria River Fault Santa Ynez Fault Shoreline Fault Sierra Madre Fault Zone Ventura Fault White Wolf Fault Whittier Fault Yorba Linda Fault
Northern California	Bartlett Springs Fault Calaveras Fault Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault Concord Fault Hayward Fault Zone Healdsburg Fault Maacama Fault Mendocino fracture zone Mendocino triple junction Mount Diablo Thrust Fault Monta Vista Fault Nacimiento Fault Pleasanton Fault Rinconada Fault San Gregorio Fault San Pablo Fault Seal Cove Fault Serra Fault Silver Creek Fault Tesla Fault West Napa Fault
Sierra Nevada	Death Valley Fault Zone Furnace Creek Fault Zone Honey Lake Fault Zone Kern Canyon Fault Maria fold and thrust belt Owens Valley Fault Rescue Lineament-Bear Mountains fault zone Sierra Nevada Batholith Sierra Nevada Fault Sierra Nevada–Great Valley Block Smartville Block Walker Lane
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Seismic activity

See also

References