2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Rose Canyon California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 90
Dip direction V
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 8
Rake (degrees) 180
Length (km) 70
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 1.5
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 6.90 6.70
b-value 0.8 0.8
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
UnStitched 2.1 8.68e-04 / 1.73e-03 1.989 / 2.366 0.50
UnStitched 2.4 8.68e-04 / 1.73e-03 1.989 / 2.366 0.50
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation
Comments
Mininum slip rate reported by Lindvall and Rockwell (1995). 2002 Fault length extended to the south to include the Silver Strand fault.