Tectonic Setting
The quake resulted from sudden vertical (15–20 feet/4.5–6 m) and right-lateral (35–40 feet/10.6–12.2 m) movement on the Lone Pine Fault and part of the Owens Valley Fault. These faults are part of a twin system of normal faults that run along the base of two parallel mountain ranges; the Sierra Nevada on the west and Inyo Mountains on the east flank of Owens Valley. This particular event created fault scarps from north of Big Pine, California, (55 miles/88 km north of Lone Pine), to Haiwee Reservoir (30 miles/48 km south of Lone Pine).
Read more about this topic: 1872 Lone Pine Earthquake
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