2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Calaveras;CN California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 90
Dip direction V
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 1.3
Rupture bottom (km) 11
Rake (degrees) 180
Length (km) 45
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 6
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 6.87 6.65
b-value 0.8 0.8
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
A priori 2.1 1.11e-03 / 1.11e-03 NA / NA 0.50
Moment Balanced 2.1 1.41e-03 / 2.47e-03 NA / NA 0.25
Moment Balanced 2.2 1.41e-03 / 2.47e-03 NA / NA 0.10
Moment Balanced 2.3 1.41e-03 / 2.47e-03 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 composite of 5mm/yr rate reported by Kelson and others (1996) and 6mm/yr creep rate from small geodetic net reported by Prescott and Lisowski (1983). WG99/WG02 source parameters used in 2002.