The paper shows the connectivity of faults and the directivity of rupture control whether earthquakes can pass through the San Gorgonio Pass.
Tarnowski, Jennifer, Christodoulos Kyriakopoulos, David. D. Oglesby, Michele L. Cooke, and Aviel Stern, 2022. The effects of pre-stress assumptions on dynamic rupture with complex fault geometry in the San Gorgonio Pass, CA region, Geosphere. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02511.1
