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| Fault Name | State |
|---|---|
| Frenchman Mountain fault | Nevada |
| GEOMETRY | |
| Dip (degrees) | 60/40/50 |
| Dip direction | W |
| Sense of slip | normal |
| Rupture top (km) | 0 |
| Rupture bottom (km) | 15 |
| Rake (degrees) | -90 |
| Length (km) | 20 |
| MODEL VALUES | |
|---|---|
| Probability of activity | 1 |
| Minimum magnitude | 6.5 |
| Maximum magnitude | 6.59 |
| b-value | 0.8 |
| Assigned Dip | Fault-Parallel Slip Rate | Width | Annual Rate | a-value | Branch Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 0.02 | 23.3 | 3.77e-05 | 0.880 | 0.2 |
| 50 | 0.02 | 19.6 | 2.66e-05 | 0.728 | 0.6 |
| 60 | 0.02 | 17.3 | 2.08e-05 | 0.621 | 0.2 |
| Comments |
|---|
| This fault was added in 2002 based on dePolo (1998 #2845), who calculated a vertical slip rate of 0.015 mm/yr for the fault based on 7.5 m of offset of a deposit estimated to be 500 ka. |