2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
N. San Andreas;SAN California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 90
Dip direction V
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 0.1
Rupture bottom (km) 11
Rake (degrees) 180
Length (km) 189
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 24
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 7.51 7.48
b-value 0.8 0.8
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
A priori 2.1 2.26e-05 / 2.26e-05 NA / NA 0.50
Moment Balanced 2.1 2.16e-05 / 2.17e-05 NA / NA 0.25
Moment Balanced 2.2 2.16e-05 / 2.17e-05 NA / NA 0.10
Moment Balanced 2.3 2.16e-05 / 2.17e-05 NA / NA 0.15
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation
Comments
Slip rate based on Niemi and Hall (1992) and Prentice and others (1991). WG99/WG02 source parameters used in 2002.