2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps

2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters

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Fault Name	State
Waldport fault	Oregon

GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees)	60
Dip direction	E
Sense of slip	reverse
Rupture top (km)	0
Rupture bottom (km)	15
Rake (degrees)	90
Length (km)	15

MODEL VALUES
Probability of activity	1
Minimum magnitude	n/a
Maximum magnitude	6.43
b-value	n/a

Assigned Dip	Fault-Parallel Slip Rate	Width	Annual Rate	a-value
60	0.16	17.3	2.47e-04	n/a

Comments
Assigned vertical slip rate is based on scarps 15-20 m high on an approximately 125 k.y. marine terrace (Ticknor, 1993; Kelsey and others, 1996).

Selected References
Kelsey, H.M., Ticknor, R.L., Bockheim, J.G., and Mitchell, C.E., 1996, Quaternary upper pl. deformation in coastal Oregon: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, no. 7, p. 843-860. Ticknor, R., 1993, Late Quaternary crustal deformation on the central Oregon coast as deduced from uplifted wave-cut platforms: Western Washington University, unpublished M.S. thesis, 70 p. Lund, W.R., ed., 2006, Basin and Range Province Earthquake Working Group seismic-hazard recommendations to the U.S. Geological Survey National Seismic Hazard Mapping Program: Utah Geological Survey Open-File Report 477, 23 p, ugspub.nr.utah.gov/publications/open_file_reports/OFR-477.pdf.

Selected References

Kelsey, H.M., Ticknor, R.L., Bockheim, J.G., and Mitchell, C.E., 1996, Quaternary upper pl. deformation in coastal Oregon: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, no. 7, p. 843-860.
Ticknor, R., 1993, Late Quaternary crustal deformation on the central Oregon coast as deduced from uplifted wave-cut platforms: Western Washington University, unpublished M.S. thesis, 70 p.
Lund, W.R., ed., 2006, Basin and Range Province Earthquake Working Group seismic-hazard recommendations to the U.S. Geological Survey National Seismic Hazard Mapping Program: Utah Geological Survey Open-File Report 477, 23 p, ugspub.nr.utah.gov/publications/open_file_reports/OFR-477.pdf.