1872 Owens Valley earthquake
Videos
The 1872 Owens Valley earthquake – also known as the Lone Pine earthquake – struck on March 26 at 2:30 a.m. local time in the Owens Valley, with the epicenter near the town of Lone Pine. Its magnitude
Lone Pine fault scarp
Scarp boulder that has been studied
Original plaque and memorial for the 1872 earthquake
More recent memorial of the earthquake, installed March 26, 1988
Fault scarp
Videos
A fault scarp is a small step-like offset of the ground surface in which one side of a fault has shifted vertically in relation to the other. The topographic expression of fault scarps results from th
1872 Owens Valley earthquake
…run along the base of two parallel mountain ranges; the Sierra Nevada on the west and the Inyo Mountains on the east of the Owens Valley, and formed fault scarps from north of Big Pine, 55 miles (89 km) north of Lone Pine, to Haiwee Reservoir (30 miles (48 km)) south of Lone Pine. The earthquake occurred on a…
This fault scarp was created by the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. The photo was taken August 19, 1959.
Fault Line Scarp
Borah 1983