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Natural Hazards Mitigation PlanCity of Glendale, CaliforniaSection 6 – EarthquakesHollywood Fault: The Hollywood fault is the eastern 9-mile (14 km) long segment of the SantaMonica – Hollywood fault system that forms the southern margin of the Santa Monica Mountains(locally known as the Hollywood Hills). It has also been considered the westward extension of theRaymond fault. From east to west, the fault traverses the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, and thecities of West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Its eastern end is mapped immediately south ofGlendale’s southern boundary (see Map 6-1 and Plate H-4). Movement on the Hollywood fault overgeologic time is thought responsible for the growth of the Hollywood Hills, which is why earlierresearchers characterized this fault as a northward-dipping reverse fault. However, recent studies byDolan et al. (1997, 2000a) and Tsutsumi et al. (2001) show that the Hollywood fault is primarily aleft-lateral strike-slip fault. A lateral component of movement on this fault is consistent with itslinear trace and steep, 80- to 90-degree dips (reverse faults typically have irregular, arcuate tracesand shallow dips).2006 PAGE 6 - 22