2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps

2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters

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Fault Name	State
Tijeras-Canoncito fault	New Mexico

GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees)	90
Dip direction	V
Sense of slip	strike slip
Rupture top (km)	0
Rupture bottom (km)	15
Rake (degrees)	0
Length (km)	81

MODEL VALUES
Probability of activity	1
Minimum magnitude	6.5
Maximum magnitude	7.29
b-value	0.8

Assigned Dip	Fault-Parallel Slip Rate	Width	Annual Rate	a-value
90	0.09	15.0	3.40e-05	0.708

Comments
The Tijeras-Canoncito fault was assigned a vertical slip rate of 0.09 mm/yr in the 1996 national seismic hazard maps. There were and still are no fault-specific data from which to calculate slip rates. The 0.09 mm/yr value is from Wong and others (1995, 1996), who, by analogy, assigned this fault the same left-lateral slip rate that they had calculated for the left-lateral Embudo fault.

Selected References
Wong, I., Kelson, K., Olig, S., Kolbe, T., Hemphill-Haley, M., Bott, J., Green, R., Kanakari, H., Sawyer, J., Silva, W., Stark, C., Haraden, C., Fenton, C., Unruh, J., Gardner, J., Reneau, S., and House, L., 1995, Seismic hazards evaluation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Technical report to Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, February 24, 1995, 3 volumes, 12 pls., 16 appen. Wong, I., Kelson, K., Olig, S., Bott, J., Green, R., Kolbe, T., Hemphill-Haley, M., Gardner, J., Reneau, S., and Silva, W., 1996, Earthquake potential and ground shaking hazard at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, in Goff, F., Kues, B.S., Rogers, M.A., McFadden, L.D., and Gardner, J.N., eds., The Jemez Mountains region: New Mexico Geological Society, 47th Field Conference, September 25-28, 1996, Guidebook, p. 135–142.

Selected References

Wong, I., Kelson, K., Olig, S., Kolbe, T., Hemphill-Haley, M., Bott, J., Green, R., Kanakari, H., Sawyer, J., Silva, W., Stark, C., Haraden, C., Fenton, C., Unruh, J., Gardner, J., Reneau, S., and House, L., 1995, Seismic hazards evaluation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Technical report to Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, February 24, 1995, 3 volumes, 12 pls., 16 appen.
Wong, I., Kelson, K., Olig, S., Bott, J., Green, R., Kolbe, T., Hemphill-Haley, M., Gardner, J., Reneau, S., and Silva, W., 1996, Earthquake potential and ground shaking hazard at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, in Goff, F., Kues, B.S., Rogers, M.A., McFadden, L.D., and Gardner, J.N., eds., The Jemez Mountains region: New Mexico Geological Society, 47th Field Conference, September 25-28, 1996, Guidebook, p. 135–142.