2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Monte Vista-Shannon California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 45
Dip direction W
Sense of slip thrust
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 4
Rake (degrees) 90
Length (km) 45
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 0.4
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 n/a
Maximum magnitude 6.50 6.30
b-value 0.8 n/a
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
Stitched 2.1 3.82e-04 / 7.62e-04 NA / NA 0.50
UnStitched 2.1 3.82e-04 / 7.62e-04 NA / NA 0.50
Stitched 2.4 3.82e-04 / 7.62e-04 NA / NA 0.50
UnStitched 2.4 3.82e-04 / 7.62e-04 NA / NA 0.50
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation
Comments
Poorly constrained slip rate based on vertical separation of late Pleistocene terrace and assumptions of age of terrace (23-120 ka) and fault dip reported by Hitchcock and others (1994). Actual dip and fault width is variable; 15 km width approximates average.