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| Fault Name | State |
|---|---|
| Ruby Mountains fault zone, south | 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) | 53 |
| MODEL VALUES | |
|---|---|
| Probability of activity | 1 |
| Minimum magnitude | 6.5 |
| Maximum magnitude | 7.08 |
| b-value | 0.8 |
| Assigned Dip | Fault-Parallel Slip Rate | Width | Annual Rate | a-value | Branch Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 0.44 | 23.3 | 3.48e-04 | 1.615 | 0.2 |
| 50 | 0.37 | 19.6 | 2.45e-04 | 1.463 | 0.6 |
| 60 | 0.32 | 17.3 | 1.92e-04 | 1.356 | 0.2 |
| Comments |
|---|
| The slip rate used in 1996 was based on dePolo (1996, written commun.). The slip rate used here is from dePolo (1998) and dePolo and Anderson (2000) and is based on the observed offset of 20.8 m and inferred age of the offset deposit of 74 ka (Willoughby, 1997). |