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Landers Fault and Hector Mine Fault Aftershocks

2021 (approx.)

Detailed Description

The Landers fault (red lines at left) and the Hector Mine fault and its aftershocks (red lines and circles at right). The Hector Mine earthquake was a magnitude 7.1, and it produced thousands of aftershocks.

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Image courtesy of Egill Hauksson, Caltech

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