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| Fault Name | State |
|---|---|
| Ruby Valley fault zone | Nevada |
| GEOMETRY | |
| Dip (degrees) | 50/40/60 |
| Dip direction | E |
| Sense of slip | normal |
| Rupture top (km) | 0 |
| Rupture bottom (km) | 15 |
| Rake (degrees) | -90 |
| Length (km) | 81 |
| MODEL VALUES | |
|---|---|
| Probability of activity | 1 |
| Minimum magnitude | 6.5 |
| Maximum magnitude | 7.30 |
| b-value | 0.8 |
| Assigned Dip | Fault-Parallel Slip Rate | Width | Annual Rate | a-value | Branch Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 0.16 | 23.3 | 8.84e-05 | 1.134 | 0.2 |
| 50 | 0.13 | 19.6 | 6.23e-05 | 0.982 | 0.6 |
| 60 | 0.12 | 17.3 | 4.87e-05 | 0.875 | 0.2 |
| Comments |
|---|
| The assigned slip rate is reduced to 0.1 mm/yr based on the lack of evidence pointing to multiple latest Pleistocene surface-rupturing events. Mapping by Dohrenwend and others (1991) indicates that the youngest scarps formed in the late Pleistocene (<130 ka). |