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| Fault Name | State |
|---|---|
| Petersen Mountain fault | Nevada |
| GEOMETRY | |
| Dip (degrees) | 60/40/50 |
| Dip direction | E |
| Sense of slip | normal |
| Rupture top (km) | 0 |
| Rupture bottom (km) | 15 |
| Rake (degrees) | -90 |
| Length (km) | 26 |
| MODEL VALUES | |
|---|---|
| Probability of activity | 1 |
| Minimum magnitude | 6.5 |
| Maximum magnitude | 6.72 |
| b-value | 0.8 |
| Assigned Dip | Fault-Parallel Slip Rate | Width | Annual Rate | a-value | Branch Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 0.16 | 23.3 | 2.09e-04 | 1.470 | 0.2 |
| 50 | 0.13 | 19.6 | 1.47e-04 | 1.318 | 0.6 |
| 60 | 0.12 | 17.3 | 1.15e-04 | 1.211 | 0.2 |
| Comments |
|---|
| This fault was assigned a slip rate of 0.1 mm/yr in 1996 based on preliminary data from dePolo (1996, written commun.). The 2002 slip rate is reduced based on the relative values for this and the adjacent Petersen Mountain fault assigned by dePolo (1998). |