2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps

2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters

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Fault Name	State
Battle Rock fault zone	Oregon

GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees)	50
Dip direction	NE
Sense of slip	normal
Rupture top (km)	0
Rupture bottom (km)	15
Rake (degrees)	-90
Length (km)	45

MODEL VALUES
Probability of activity	1
Minimum magnitude	6.5
Maximum magnitude	7.00
b-value	0.8

Assigned Dip	Fault-Parallel Slip Rate	Width	Annual Rate	a-value	Branch Weight
50	0.13	19.6	9.73e-05	1.150	0.6

Comments
Assigned slip rate besed on measured 20 m of offset across the less than or equal to 200 Indian Creek marine terrace surface (Kelsey, 1990). Dip of fault changed to 50? based on redefined regional default value (Lund, 2006).

Selected References
Kelsey, H.M., 1990, Late Quaternary deformation of marine terraces on the Cascadia subduction zone near Cape Blanco, Oregon: Tectonics, v. 9, no. 5, p. 983-1014. 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., 1990, Late Quaternary deformation of marine terraces on the Cascadia subduction zone near Cape Blanco, Oregon: Tectonics, v. 9, no. 5, p. 983-1014.
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.