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| Fault Name | State |
|---|---|
| San Emidio fault zone | Nevada |
| GEOMETRY | |
| Dip (degrees) | 50/40/60 |
| Dip direction | W |
| Sense of slip | normal |
| Rupture top (km) | 0 |
| Rupture bottom (km) | 15 |
| Rake (degrees) | -90 |
| Length (km) | 34 |
| MODEL VALUES | |
|---|---|
| Probability of activity | 1 |
| Minimum magnitude | 6.5 |
| Maximum magnitude | 6.86 |
| b-value | 0.8 |
| Assigned Dip | Fault-Parallel Slip Rate | Width | Annual Rate | a-value | Branch Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 0.31 | 23.3 | 3.38e-04 | 1.535 | 0.2 |
| 50 | 0.26 | 19.6 | 2.38e-04 | 1.382 | 0.6 |
| 60 | 0.23 | 17.3 | 1.86e-04 | 1.276 | 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 0.419 mm/yr. Thus, the slip rate used here is appropriately increased. |