| New Search |
| Fault Name | State |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Mountain fault | Nevada |
| GEOMETRY | |
| Dip (degrees) | 40/50/60 |
| Dip direction | SE |
| Sense of slip | normal |
| Rupture top (km) | 0 |
| Rupture bottom (km) | 15 |
| Rake (degrees) | -90 |
| Length (km) | 18 |
| MODEL VALUES | |
|---|---|
| Probability of activity | 1 |
| Minimum magnitude | 6.5 |
| Maximum magnitude | 6.54 |
| b-value | 0.8 |
| Assigned Dip | Fault-Parallel Slip Rate | Width | Annual Rate | a-value | Branch Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 0.16 | 23.3 | 2.72e-04 | 1.680 | 0.2 |
| 50 | 0.13 | 19.6 | 1.91e-04 | 1.528 | 0.6 |
| 60 | 0.12 | 17.3 | 1.50e-04 | 1.421 | 0.2 |
| Comments |
|---|
| Dip of fault changed to 50? based on redefined regional default value (Lund, 2006). |
| Selected References |
|---|
| Lund, W.R., ed., 2006, Basin and Range Province Earthquake Working Group seismic-hazard recommendations to the U.S. Geological Survey National Seismic Hazard Mapping Program: Utah Geological Survey Open-File Report 477, 23 p, ugspub.nr.utah.gov/publications/open_file_reports/OFR-477.pdf. |