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Brief Report for Bluffton liquefaction features (Class A) No. 2658
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citation for this record: Wheeler, R.L., compiler, 1998, Fault number 2658, Bluffton liquefaction features, in Quaternary fault and fold database of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey website, http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/regional/qfaults, accessed 11/24/2009 06:00 AM.
| Synopsis | The evidence for Quaternary faulting at this locale in southwestern coastal South Carolina consists of late Holocene liquefaction features produced by a large, prehistoric earthquake.
These liquefaction features are evidence of strong shaking, but they do not identify the specific fault or faults that caused an earthquake or earthquakes. Because individual Quaternary faults remain unidentified, it is not possible to define and measure specific attributes (azimuth, length, dip, etc.) for the Bluffton liquefaction features. |
| County(s) and State(s) | |
| AMS sheet(s) | Savannah |
| Physiographic province(s) | |
| Length (km) | 0 km. |
| Average strike | |
| Sense of movement | No data |
| Dip Direction | Unknown |
| Historic earthquake | |
| Most recent prehistoric deformation | Latest Quaternary (<15 ka) |
| Slip-rate category | Insufficient data |
| Date and Compiler(s) | 1998 Russell L. Wheeler, U.S. Geological Survey |
