application to wells nevada earthquake
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Application to Wells Nevada Earthquake
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008nsa9.php
www.kcbs.com
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=81213
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=2707850
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/
Slip distribution from the inversion of 7 three-component, broadband displacement records. The hypocenter at 7 km depth is shown as the black square. The rupture is down dip and bilateral. The slip outside the main two asperity patch is not considered to be well resolved.
Nearby seismometers
http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~dreger/wells_nv.htm
Map view seismological solution (SE dip)
40 cm slip along blind 3D dislocationOld location; now thought to dip the other direction)
Slip = 1 mLength = 15 kmTop at 0 depth60° dip
Slip = 0.4 mLength = 15 kmTop at 7 km along fault60° dip
Faults from ftp://hazards.cr.usgs.gov/maps/qfault/