2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Mount Angel fault Oregon
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 60
Dip direction NE
Sense of slip reverse
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 15
Rake (degrees) 90
Length (km) 30
MODEL VALUES
Probability of activity 1
Minimum magnitude 6.5
Maximum magnitude 6.80
b-value 0.8
Assigned Dip Fault-Parallel Slip Rate Width Annual Rate a-value
60 0.08 17.3 6.85e-05 0.775
Comments
Assigned vertical slip rate from observations of Wang and Madin (2001) of 0-19 m of vertical offset of inferred late Pleistocene (~22-34 ka) Linn gravel across the fault in shallow seismic reflection profiles.
Selected References
Wang, Z., Madin, I.P., Woolery, E.E., and Graham, G.B., 2001, Shallow SH-wave seismic investigation of the Mt. Angel fault: Seismological Research Letters, v. 72, no. 2.