Application to Wells Nevada Earthquake

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Application to Wells Nevada Earthquake
http//www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid812
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www.kcbs.com
http//www.ksl.com/?nid148sid2707850
http//www.seismo.unr.edu/
http//earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Qu
akes/us2008nsa9.php
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Nearby seismometers
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.
http//seismo.berkeley.edu/dreger/wells_nv.htm
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Map view seismological solution (SE dip)
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40 cm slip along blind 3D dislocation Old
location now thought to dip the other direction)
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Slip 1 m Length 15 km Top at 0 depth 60 dip
Slip 0.4 m Length 15 km Top at 7 km along
fault 60 dip
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Faults from ftp//hazards.cr.usgs.gov/maps/qfault/