User:Llyean/Rose Canyon Fault

Rose Canyon Fault is a right-lateral strike-slip fault running in a north-south direction through San Diego. About 30 km (19 mi) in length it starts in the Mission Valley area and heads, past Mt. Soledad and La Jolla, into the Pacific ocean where it joins other faults, such as the Oceanside Fault. Not much is known about this fault at present, though its slip-rate is thought to be 1.1 mm/yr. The Rose Canyon Fault has recently garnered more attention due to the fact that it runs through such highly-populated areas, but is not thought to be much of a threat. However, geophysisists, such as San Diego local, Jeff Babcock, have hypothesized that a concentrated earthquake involving the Rose Canyon, Oceanside, and Newport-Inglewood faults could result in a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on the Richter scale.