Uplift on this fault is about 0.01 – 0.03 mm per year . This movement , combined with the activity of the adjacent Owens Valley and Lone Pine faults , is responsible for the continuing rise of the Sierra Nevada Mountains . No large earthquake has been reported on this fault in recorded history . The largest earthquake in its vicinity was the 1872 Lone Pine earthquake , which was on the adjacent Owens Valley Fault and had an estimated moment magnitude of 7.4 – 7.9
1872 Lone Pine earthquake
1872 Lone Pine earthquake
Sierra Nevada Fault