2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters
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Fault Name State
S. San Andreas;PK+CH+CC+BB+NM+SM+NSB+SSB+BG California
GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees) 86
Dip direction
Sense of slip strike slip
Rupture top (km) 0.1
Rupture bottom (km) 13
Rake (degrees) 180
Length (km) 479
MODEL VALUES
Slip Rate n/a
Probability of activity 1
  ELLSWORTH HANKS
Minimum magnitude 6.5 6.5
Maximum magnitude 7.99 8.12
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 5.05e-05 / 4.39e-05 NA / NA 0.25
Moment Balanced 2.2 4.74e-05 / 3.80e-05 NA / NA 0.10
Moment Balanced 2.3 5.23e-05 / 4.60e-05 NA / NA 0.15
1 1st Value is based on Ellsworth relation and 2nd value is based on Hanks and Bakun relation