2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Earthquake Valley California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 90
Dip direction V
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 19
Rake (degrees) 180
Length (km) 20
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 2
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 6.80 6.60
b-value 0.8 0.8
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
Stitched 2.1 1.16e-03 / 2.32e-03 2.129 / 2.680 0.50
UnStitched 2.1 1.16e-03 / 2.32e-03 2.129 / 2.680 0.50
Stitched 2.4 1.16e-03 / 2.32e-03 2.129 / 2.680 0.50
UnStitched 2.4 1.16e-03 / 2.32e-03 2.129 / 2.680 0.50
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation
Comments
Slip rate based on Rockwell (p.c. 1996).