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| Fault Name | State |
|---|---|
| Kawich-Hot Creek Ranges fault zone | Nevada |
| GEOMETRY | |
| Dip (degrees) | 60/50/40 |
| Dip direction | SE |
| Sense of slip | normal |
| Rupture top (km) | 0 |
| Rupture bottom (km) | 15 |
| Rake (degrees) | -90 |
| Length (km) | 121 |
| MODEL VALUES | |
|---|---|
| Probability of activity | 1 |
| Minimum magnitude | 6.5 |
| Maximum magnitude | 7.49 |
| b-value | 0.8 |
| Assigned Dip | Fault-Parallel Slip Rate | Width | Annual Rate | a-value | Branch Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 0.31 | 23.3 | 1.36e-04 | 1.526 | 0.2 |
| 50 | 0.26 | 19.6 | 9.61e-05 | 1.374 | 0.6 |
| 60 | 0.23 | 17.3 | 7.52e-05 | 1.267 | 0.2 |
| Comments |
|---|
| The Quaternary fault and fold database for the U.S. shows that this fault was assigned to the 0.2-1.0 mm/yr slip-rate category, based on the magnitude of the slip rate assigned by dePolo (1998) of 0.525 mm/yr. Thus the slip rate used here is appropriately reassigned. The characteristic magnitude for this fault is fixed at M7.5 even though the length of the fault would permit a larger earthquake. |