Elsinore Fault Zone

The Elsinore Fault Zone is about 180 km long, close to the communities of Temecula and Lake Elsinore.  It is a  right-lateral strike-slip fault.

USGS Information on the Elsinore Fault  – A

USGS Information on the Elsinore Fault  – B

USGS Information on the Elsinore Fault  – C

USGS Information on the Elsinore Fault  – D

Information from the Southern California Earthquake Database

Last major rupture was in May of 1910 at M – 6.

 

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