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The Yorba Linda Fault or Yorba Linda Trend^[1] is a fault system that transects the Whittier Fault and extends from northeast Yorba Linda, California to the southeastern portion of the Chino Hills and Chino Hills (city), in San Bernardino County, California.^[2]

The fault was discovered in the late 1990s and is known to have caused the M_w 5.5 2008 Chino Hills earthquake.^[2]^[3] The fault is believed to produce a M_w  6.0 earthquake at most.

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^ Hauksson, Egill (1990-09-10). "Earthquakes, faulting, and stress in the Los Angeles Basin". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 95 (B10): 15365–15394. doi:10.1029/JB095iB10p15365. ISSN 0148-0227.
^ ^a ^b "Investigation of the Yorba Linda Trend using earthquake relocation based on waveform cross-correlation | Southern California Earthquake Center". www.scec.org. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
^ Register, Science Writer-Editor | Orange County (2008-07-31). "Little known Yorba Linda fault caused Tuesday's quake". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2024-03-08. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)

v t e Seismically active fault zones and tectonic blocks of California
Statewide Faults	San Andreas Fault Salinian Block
Southern California	Brawley Seismic Zone Chino Fault Elsinore Fault Zone Elysian Park Fault Garlock Fault Hollywood fault Hosgri Fault Imperial Fault Zone Laguna Salada Fault Newport–Inglewood Fault Northridge Blind Thrust Fault Peninsular Ranges Puente Hills Fault Raymond Fault Rose Canyon Fault Salton Trough San Cayetano Fault San Diego Trough Fault Zone San Felipe Fault Zone San Gabriel Fault San Jacinto Fault Zone Santa Maria River Fault Santa Ynez Fault Shoreline Fault Sierra Madre Fault Zone Ventura Fault White Wolf Fault Whittier Fault Yorba Linda Fault
Northern California	Bartlett Springs Fault Calaveras Fault Clayton-Marsh Creek-Greenville Fault Concord Fault Hayward Fault Zone Healdsburg Fault Maacama Fault Mendocino Fracture Zone Mendocino Triple Junction Mount Diablo Thrust Fault Monta Vista Fault Nacimiento Fault Pleasanton Fault Rinconada Fault San Gregorio Fault San Pablo Fault Seal Cove Fault Serra Fault Silver Creek Fault Tesla Fault West Napa Fault
Sierra Nevada	Death Valley Fault Zone Furnace Creek Fault Zone Honey Lake Fault Zone Kern Canyon Fault Maria fold and thrust belt Owens Valley Fault Rescue Lineament-Bear Mountains fault zone Sierra Nevada Batholith Sierra Nevada Fault Sierra Nevada-Great Valley Block Smartville Block Walker Lane
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