2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Death Valley (Black Mtns Frontal) California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 60
Dip direction W
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 13
Rake (degrees) -150
Length (km) 76
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 4
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 7.30 7.10
b-value 0.8 0.8
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
UnStitched 2.1 1.23e-03 / 2.46e-03 2.279 / 2.486 0.50
UnStitched 2.4 1.23e-03 / 2.46e-03 2.279 / 2.486 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 vertically offset alluvial fan surface reported in Klinger and Piety (1994).