2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Hilton Creek California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 50
Dip direction E
Sense of slip normal
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 13
Rake (degrees) -90
Length (km) 29
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 2.5
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 6.90 6.70
b-value 0.8 0.8
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
Stitched 2.1 1.34e-03 / 2.67e-03 2.177 / 2.554 0.50
UnStitched 2.1 1.34e-03 / 2.67e-03 2.177 / 2.554 0.50
Stitched 2.4 1.34e-03 / 2.67e-03 2.177 / 2.554 0.50
UnStitched 2.4 1.34e-03 / 2.67e-03 2.177 / 2.554 0.50
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation
Comments
Slip rate based on dip-slip offset of late Tioga lateral moraine reported in Clark and others (1984).