introducing the cajon pass earthquake gate area
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IntroducingtheCajonPassEarthquakeGateAreaJulianLozosCaliforniaStateUniversity,Northridge
SCECAnnualMee=ng•PalmSprings,California•12September2017
AModernChaconne:AStructuralandHarmonicAnalysisof“HotelCalifornia”JulianLozosCaliforniaStateUniversity,Northridge
SCECAnnualMee=ng•PalmSprings,California•12September2017
TheEarthquakeofDecember8th,1812:ACasefortheCajonPassEarthquakeGateAreaJulianLozosCaliforniaStateUniversity,Northridge
SCECAnnualMee=ng•PalmSprings,California•12September2017
EarthquakeGates
• Cri=calpointinafaultsystemthatmay(ormaynot)stopruptureormaycontrolwhichwayarupturegoes.• Dogatesswingthesamewayevery=me?
CajonPassAjunc=onbetweenprimaryplateboundaryfaults,inadensely
populatedregion.
SomeKeyQues=ons• Howdofaultinterac=onsaffecttheprobabilityofthrough-goingearthquakes?
• Howmuchdoesthegeometryofthecomponentfaultsmodulatethis?
• Howdopreviousrupturesaffectfuturerupturepathsandprobabili=es?
• Doesthecurrentstressfieldrepresentrecentrupturehistory?
TheEarthquakeofDecember8th,1812• HeavydamageatMissionSanGabriel,40deathsatMissionSanJuanCapistrano.
• Ini=allyconsideredaNewport-Inglewoodevent.
• ReassignedtotheSanAndreasbasedontreeringevidence.
• Sinceiden=fiedinmanySanAndreaspaleoseismictrenches.
Icannotdefini=velyproveanythinghere.
HistoricandPaleoseismicRecords
ModelingApproach
• 3Dfullydynamicrupturemodeling.• Finiteelementmethod(FaultMod,Barall,2009).
• Realis=cini=alcondi=ons:• Faultmeshwithcomplexgeometry.• Complexregionalvelocitystructure(SCECCVM).• Regionalstressfieldfromseismicitystudies.
• Varyini=alstressamplitudesun=lmodelsproduceslipconsistentwithpaleoseismicrecords.
ModelGeometry
SAF
SJF
ModelGeometry
RegionalStresses
Maximumhorizontalcompressivestressorienta=oninsouthernCaliforniaYangandHauksson,2013
On-FaultStresses
• Addi=onalheterogeneityfromfaultgeometry.
PhysicalandComputa=onalParameters
Vp FromSCECCVM
Vs FromSCECCVM
Density FromSCECCVM
µstaMc0.6
µdynamic0.2
d0 0.4m
Principalstresses Variable(Bestfit:σV=30MPa,σNS=36MPa,σEW=12MPa)
StressorientaMon SAF:N5Enorthofjunc=on,N15Wsouthofjunc=on;SJF:N12E
Elementsize 200minnearfield,400minfarfield
NucleaMonradius 3000m
SlipintheEarly1800s
Site Early1800sSlipPallett Creek 2 - 6 m
Wrightwood 2.5 - 4.5 m
Cajon Creek ~4 m
Pitman Canyon 3 - 4 m
Plunge Creek No surface rupture
Burro Flats Several cm on secondary structures
Colton Large liquefaction features
Quincy 1.8 - 3 m
Mystic Lake 1.8 - 3 m
ModelSlipDistribu=ons
GroundMo=on:SAFnorth
GroundMo=on:SAFatjunc=on
GroundMo=on:SJFatjunc=on
GroundMo=on:SJFsouth
CoulombStress:SJFsouth
PreferredModel
•Groundmo=onsconsistentbothwithMissionrecordsandwithPBRs.•Stresschangesconsistentwithnorthward-propaga=ngEQsequence.
Implica=onsfor1812
Implica=onsforSAF-SJFInterac=ons• TheSanAndreasandSanJacintocanrupturetogether.• Eveniftheydidn’tin1812,it’sphysicallyplausibleundercurrentcondi=ons.
• CorroboratedbypaleoseismoloyandPBRs.
• HowloadedistheSanAndreasFaultsouthofitsjunc=onwiththeSanJacintoFault?
• DoesthischangethemostlikelyReallyBigOneforsouthernCalifornia?
• HowoRendoesthishappen?IsthisausualpaTern?
Now,wewanttoaddmoredetail,clarity,andlengthtotheCajon
Passstory.
SomeKeyQues=ons• Howdofaultinterac=onsaffecttheprobabilityofthrough-goingearthquakes?
• Howmuchdoesthegeometryofthecomponentfaultsmodulatethis?
• Howdopreviousrupturesaffectfuturerupturepathsandprobabili=es?
• Doesthecurrentstressfieldrepresentrecentrupturehistory?
SomeKeyQues=ons• Howdofaultinterac=onsaffecttheprobabilityofthrough-goingearthquakes?
• Howmuchdoesthegeometryofthecomponentfaultsmodulatethis?
• Howdopreviousrupturesaffectfuturerupturepathsandprobabili=es?
• Doesthecurrentstressfieldrepresentrecentrupturehistory?
CajonPassFaultGeometryCajon Pass Earthquake Gate Area
New CFM-5.2 faults
inferred 1812 rupture
Nicholsonetal.,2017
DipontheSouthernSanAndreas
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SomeKeyQues=ons• Howdofaultinterac=onsaffecttheprobabilityofthrough-goingearthquakes?
• Howmuchdoesthegeometryofthecomponentfaultsmodulatethis?
• Howdopreviousrupturesaffectfuturerupturepathsandprobabili=es?
• Doesthecurrentstressfieldrepresentrecentrupturehistory?
RecentRuptureHistory
SomeKeyQues=ons• Howdofaultinterac=onsaffecttheprobabilityofthrough-goingearthquakes?
• Howmuchdoesthegeometryofthecomponentfaultsmodulatethis?
• Howdopreviousrupturesaffectfuturerupturepathsandprobabili=es?
• Doesthecurrentstressfieldrepresentrecentrupturehistory?
Maximumhorizontalcompressivestressorienta=oninsouthernCaliforniaYangandHauksson,2013
CajonPassPanelDiscussion
3-4PMtoday,inthisroom.
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