2008 National Seismic Hazard Maps - Fault Parameters

2007 National Seismic Hazard Maps-Fault parameters

Fault Name	State
Antelope Range-Kingsley Mountains fault zone	Nevada

MODEL VALUES
Slip rate (vertical or horizontal in mm/yr)	0.01
Probability of activity	1

Minimum magnitude	6.5
Maximum magnitude	7.23

FAULT GEOMETRY
Dip (degrees)	50/60/40
Dip direction	E
Sense of slip	normal
Rupture top (km)	0
Rupture bottom (km)	15
Rake (degrees)	-90
Length (km)	71

Assigned Dip	Fault Parallel Slip Rate	Width	Characteristic Magnitude	Characteristic Rate	Weight
40	0.02	23.3	7.23	9.80E-06	0.2
50	0.01	19.6	7.23	6.90E-06	0.6
60	0.01	17.3	7.23	5.40E-06	0.2

Comments




Preferred vertical slip rate from dePolo (1998) based on the presence of scarps on alluvium but the absence of basal fault facets. Dip of fault changed to 50° based on redefined regional default value (Lund, 2006).
Selected References




dePolo, C.M., 1998, A reconnaissance technique for estimating the slip rate of normal-slip faults in the Great Basin, and application to faults in Nevada, U.S.A.: Reno, University of Nevada, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 199 p. Lund, W.R., ed., 2006, Basin and Range Province Earthquake Working Group seismic-hazard recommendations to the U.S. Geological Survey National Seismic Hazard Mapping Program: Utah Geological Survey Open-File Report 477, 23 p.