2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Santa Rosa Island California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 90
Dip direction V
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 9
Rake (degrees) 30
Length (km) 58
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate 1
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 6.90 6.70
b-value 0.8 0.8
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
Stitched 2.1 5.38e-04 / 1.07e-03 1.782 / 2.158 0.50
UnStitched 2.1 5.38e-04 / 1.07e-03 1.782 / 2.158 0.50
Stitched 2.4 5.38e-04 / 1.07e-03 1.782 / 2.158 0.50
UnStitched 2.4 5.38e-04 / 1.07e-03 1.782 / 2.158 0.50
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation
Comments
Moderately constrained Quaternary slip rate (1mm/yr) based on offset incised stream channels (Colson and others, 1995).