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| Fault Name | State |
|---|---|
| Simpson Park Mountains fault zone | Nevada |
| GEOMETRY | |
| Dip (degrees) | 60/50/40 |
| Dip direction | W |
| Sense of slip | normal |
| Rupture top (km) | 0 |
| Rupture bottom (km) | 15 |
| Rake (degrees) | -90 |
| Length (km) | 73 |
| MODEL VALUES | |
|---|---|
| Probability of activity | 1 |
| Minimum magnitude | 6.5 |
| Maximum magnitude | 7.24 |
| b-value | 0.8 |
| Assigned Dip | Fault-Parallel Slip Rate | Width | Annual Rate | a-value | Branch Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 0.34 | 23.3 | 2.14e-04 | 1.453 | 0.2 |
| 50 | 0.29 | 19.6 | 1.51e-04 | 1.301 | 0.6 |
| 60 | 0.25 | 17.3 | 1.18e-04 | 1.194 | 0.2 |
| Comments |
|---|
| dePolo (1998) assigned a preferred vertical slip rate of 0.22 mm/yr based on "known" data, and dePolo and Anderson (2000) repeated the value. However, the data that constrain this slip rate is not documented, as are similar data for other faults used as calibration points in his model. |