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[–] 19557723? ago 

It was on the "Little Lake" fault - which is approx 28 miles long. That's no San Andreas - but the smaller faults can be significant too. The "Whittier Fault" and the previously unknown "Northridge Blind Thrust Fault" would be considered small too - and they did quite a bit of damage.

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[–] 19560083? ago 

I probably should have checked a map before commenting. It is, what, a couple hundred miles south of the Long Valley Caldera? Not saying it is related to that, but that area and Owens Valley are seismically active. Didn't geologists say that the expected big one would occur on a minor fault and trigger the San Andreas to go? Seismic activity is picking up globally, so there you go. Thanks for setting me straight.