2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Warm Springs Valley fault zone Nevada
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 90
Dip direction V
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 15
Rake (degrees) 180
Length (km) 38
MODEL VALUES
Probability of activity 1
Minimum magnitude 6.5
Maximum magnitude 6.92
b-value 0.8
Assigned Dip Fault-Parallel Slip Rate Width Annual Rate a-value
90 0.50 15.0 3.20e-04 1.578
Selected References
dePolo, C.M., 2006, Determination of fault slip rates, paleoearthquake history, and segmentation of the Warm Springs Valley fault system: Technical report to U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, under Contract 04HQGR0082, 35 p.