2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
S. San Andreas;CH+CC+BB+NM+SM+NSB+SSB California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 90
Dip direction V
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 0
Rupture bottom (km) 14
Rake (degrees) 180
Length (km) 384
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate n/a
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 7.92 8.03
b-value 0.8 0.8
Fault Model Deformation
Model
Char Rate1 GR-a-value1 Weight
A priori 2.1 5.41e-05 / 5.41e-05 NA / NA 0.50
Moment Balanced 2.1 5.37e-05 / 5.45e-05 NA / NA 0.25
Moment Balanced 2.2 5.29e-05 / 5.24e-05 NA / NA 0.10
Moment Balanced 2.3 5.70e-05 / 6.04e-05 NA / NA 0.15
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation