2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
Simi-Santa Rosa California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 60
Dip direction
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 1
Rupture bottom (km) 12
Rake (degrees) 30
Length (km) 39
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 5.39e-04 / 1.08e-03 1.783 / 2.159 0.50
UnStitched 2.1 5.39e-04 / 1.08e-03 1.783 / 2.159 0.50
Stitched 2.4 5.39e-04 / 1.08e-03 1.783 / 2.159 0.50
UnStitched 2.4 5.39e-04 / 1.08e-03 1.783 / 2.159 0.50
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation
Comments
Slip rate reported by Gonzalez and Rockwell (1991) is for Springville fault, a branch of Simi-Santa Rosa fault. Slip rate of 1mm/yr assumed in order to account for entire fault zone.