2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Garlock;GW California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 90
Dip direction V
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 0.7
Rupture bottom (km) 14
Rake (degrees) 0
Length (km) 98
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 6
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 7.31 7.22
b-value 0.8 0.8
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
A priori 2.1 2.55e-04 / 2.55e-04 NA / NA 0.50
Moment Balanced 2.1 2.36e-04 / 2.81e-04 NA / NA 0.25
Moment Balanced 2.2 2.36e-04 / 2.81e-04 NA / NA 0.10
Moment Balanced 2.3 2.36e-04 / 2.81e-04 NA / NA 0.15
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation
Comments
1996 slip rate based on offset late Qt. stream channel (McGill, 1994; p.c.1996). Designated as an A fault in 2006.