[pct-l] 5.4 Earthquake near the Middle Willows of Coyote Creek

[Rob Langsdorf]

Hi All,

    I checked on last nights earthquake and found that it was centered in the 
Yucca Valley that is located south of Coyote Canyon's Middle Willows. This is 
roughly 6 miles NE of Combs Peak, which the PCT skirts on it's east side. The 
earthquake center would have been about 4 miles due east of the spring in Tule 
Canyon that is southeast of Anza. Combs peak is on the Sierra Club's Hundred 
Peaks List.

    This quake was located on the San Jacinto fault zone. The Easter quake in 
Baja was located on the Elsinore fault zone. The PCT crosses the Elsinore fault 
zone about the Rodriguez Canyon truck trail to the west of Granite Mountain 
about 7 miles before one gets to Scissors Crossing. It crosses the San Jacinto 
fault about 4 miles south of Highway 74.

    You can go to 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/FaultMaps/116-33.html

for a map that shows these fault zones and the recent earthquake activities near 
them. If you move your cursor over a fault line the name of the fault zone will 
be displayed. Notice how many after shocks from the Easter quake are still 
occurring along the Baja end of the Elsinore Fault zone.

                Rob