Prospects for larger or more frequent earthquakes in the Los Angeles metropolitan region

• Main Authors: Sieh, Kerry, Suppe, John, Dolan, James F., Rockwell, Thomas K., Yeats, Robert S., Huftile, Gary J., Gath, Eldon M., Shaw, John H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100869; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9236
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Far too few moderate earthquakes have occurred within the Los Angeles, California, metropolitan region during the 200-year-long historic period to account for observed strain accumulation, indicating that the historic era represents either a lull between clusters of moderate earthquakes or part of a...