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Fault Name | State |
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Beowawe fault | Nevada |
GEOMETRY | |
Dip (degrees) | 50/40/60 |
Dip direction | W |
Sense of slip | normal |
Rupture top (km) | 0 |
Rupture bottom (km) | 15 |
Rake (degrees) | -90 |
Length (km) | 48 |
MODEL VALUES | |
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Probability of activity | 1 |
Minimum magnitude | 6.5 |
Maximum magnitude | 7.03 |
b-value | 0.8 |
Assigned Dip | Fault-Parallel Slip Rate | Width | Annual Rate | a-value | Branch Weight |
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40 | 0.16 | 23.3 | 1.33e-04 | 1.143 | 0.2 |
50 | 0.13 | 19.6 | 9.37e-05 | 0.990 | 0.6 |
60 | 0.12 | 17.3 | 7.33e-05 | 0.884 | 0.2 |
Comments |
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Dip of fault changed to 50? based on redefined regional default value (Lund, 2006). |
Selected References |
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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. |