 The name of the range is from Spanish "temblor" meaning "tremor", referring to earthquakes.The San Andreas Fault Zone runs parallel to the range at the base of its western slope, on the eastern side of the Carrizo Plain, while the Antelope Plain, location of the enormous Midway Sunset, South Belridge, and Cymric oil fields, lies to the northeast.Peaks within the Temblor Range average about 3500 ft (1,100 m) above sea level.