Whittier Fault

Whittier Fault
Locationeastern Los Angeles County
CountryUSA
StateCalifornia
Characteristics
Part ofElsinore Fault Zone
Length40km
Tectonics
Typeright-lateral strike-slip fault

The Whittier Fault is a geologic fault located in eastern Los Angeles County in Southern California, that is one of the two upper branches of the Elsinore Fault Zone, with the Chino Fault the second.

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