Hauksson, Egill and Hutton, Kate and Kanamori, Hiroo and Jones, Lucile and Mori, James and Hough, Susan and Roquemore, Glenn
(1995)
Preliminary Report on the 1995 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence in Eastern California.
Seismological Research Letters, 66
(6).
pp. 54-60.
ISSN 0895-0695.
doi:10.1785/gssrl.66.6.54.
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Abstract
The Ridgecrest earthquake sequence began on 17 August 1995 with a M_L 5.4 earthquake. As of October 3, 1995, the Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN) had recorded over 4,500 events in the sequence, with eight events of M ≥ 4.0. These earthquakes are occurring along the eastern edge of the Indian Wells Valley along a small stretch of the thoroughgoing Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ). Previous large events within the ECSZ include the 1992 (M_w 7.3) Landers earthquake sequence and the 1872 (M 7.6) Owens Valley earthquake. The only large earthquake to occur near Indian Wells Valle, was the 1946 Walker Pass (M 6.0) earthquake on an unknown fault in the Sierra Nevada mountains to the west. The ECSZ transfers some of the relative motion between the North America and Pacific Plates away from the San Andreas fault to the western Great Basin of the Basin and Range province.
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| Additional Information: | © 1995 by the Seismological Society of America.
We are grateful to the seismic analysts of Caltech and the USGS for quick and competent processing of the earthquake data. We thank K. Sieh and B. Wernicke for geological insights. This research was partially supported by USGS grant 1434-94-G-2440, USGS cooperative agreement 1434-92-A-0960, and NSF grant 94-16119 to Caltech. Southern California Earthquake Center publication 226. Contribution 5604, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. We thank Frank Monastero and Allan Katzenstein for assistance with the field effort. |
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| Group: | Seismological Laboratory |
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| Funders: | | Funding Agency | Grant Number |
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| USGS | 1434-94-G-2440 | | USGS | 1434-92-A-0960 | | NSF | 94-16119 |
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| Other Numbering System: | | Other Numbering System Name | Other Numbering System ID |
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| Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences | 5604 | | Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) | 226 |
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| Issue or Number: | 6 |
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| DOI: | 10.1785/gssrl.66.6.54 |
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| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20141121-154232585 |
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| Official Citation: | Egill Hauksson, Kate Hutton, Hiroo Kanamori, Lucile Jones, James Mori, Susan Hough, and Glenn Roquemore
Preliminary Report on the 1995 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence in Eastern California
Seismological Research Letters, November/December 1995, v. 66, p. 54-60, doi:10.1785/gssrl.66.6.54 |
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| ID Code: | 52067 |
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| Deposited On: | 22 Nov 2014 00:01 |
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