2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
S. San Andreas;PK California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 90
Dip direction V
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 4
Rupture bottom (km) 6
Rake (degrees) 180
Length (km) 36
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 34
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude n/a n/a
Maximum magnitude 6.09 5.87
b-value n/a n/a
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
A priori 2.1 3.74e-02 / 3.74e-02 NA / NA 0.50
Moment Balanced 2.1 2.70e-02 / 5.73e-02 NA / NA 0.25
Moment Balanced 2.2 2.70e-02 / 5.74e-02 NA / NA 0.10
Moment Balanced 2.3 2.69e-02 / 5.65e-02 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 reported by WGCEP (1995).