The 3 December 1988 Pasadena, California earthquake : evidence for strike-slip motion on the Raymond fault

The Pasadena earthquake (ML = 4.9) occurred on 3 December 1988, at a depth of 16 km. The hypocenters of the earthquake and its aftershocks define a east-northeast striking, steeply northwest-dipping surface that projects up to the active surficial trace of the Raymond fault. One of the nodal planes...

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Main Authors: Sieh, Kerry, Hauksson, Egill, Hutton, L. Katherine, Jones, Lucile M.
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Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94735
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9357
http://bssa.geoscienceworld.org/content/80/2/474.abstract
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-947352019-12-06T19:01:13Z The 3 December 1988 Pasadena, California earthquake : evidence for strike-slip motion on the Raymond fault Sieh, Kerry Hauksson, Egill Hutton, L. Katherine Jones, Lucile M. The Pasadena earthquake (ML = 4.9) occurred on 3 December 1988, at a depth of 16 km. The hypocenters of the earthquake and its aftershocks define a east-northeast striking, steeply northwest-dipping surface that projects up to the active surficial trace of the Raymond fault. One of the nodal planes of the focal mechanism of the earthquake parallels the Raymond fault with left-lateral strike-slip movement on that plane, and is consistent with geomorphic and paleoseismic evidence that the Raymond fault is dominantly a left-lateral strike-slip fault. The existence of a component of sinistral slip along the Raymond fault had been suspected prior to the earthquake, but the northward dip of the fault and the prominent scarp along the western portion of its trace had led most workers to conclude that slip along the fault was dominantly reverse. 2013-03-07T07:52:32Z 2019-12-06T19:01:13Z 2013-03-07T07:52:32Z 2019-12-06T19:01:13Z 1990 1990 Journal Article Jones, L. M., Sieh, K., Hauksson, E., & Hutton, L. K. (1990). The 3 December 1988 Pasadena, California, earthquake : evidence for strike-slip motion on the Raymond Fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 80(2), 474-482. 0037-1106 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94735 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9357 http://bssa.geoscienceworld.org/content/80/2/474.abstract en Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America © 1990 Seismological Society of America
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description The Pasadena earthquake (ML = 4.9) occurred on 3 December 1988, at a depth of 16 km. The hypocenters of the earthquake and its aftershocks define a east-northeast striking, steeply northwest-dipping surface that projects up to the active surficial trace of the Raymond fault. One of the nodal planes of the focal mechanism of the earthquake parallels the Raymond fault with left-lateral strike-slip movement on that plane, and is consistent with geomorphic and paleoseismic evidence that the Raymond fault is dominantly a left-lateral strike-slip fault. The existence of a component of sinistral slip along the Raymond fault had been suspected prior to the earthquake, but the northward dip of the fault and the prominent scarp along the western portion of its trace had led most workers to conclude that slip along the fault was dominantly reverse.
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author Sieh, Kerry
Hauksson, Egill
Hutton, L. Katherine
Jones, Lucile M.
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Hauksson, Egill
Hutton, L. Katherine
Jones, Lucile M.
The 3 December 1988 Pasadena, California earthquake : evidence for strike-slip motion on the Raymond fault
author_facet Sieh, Kerry
Hauksson, Egill
Hutton, L. Katherine
Jones, Lucile M.
author_sort Sieh, Kerry
title The 3 December 1988 Pasadena, California earthquake : evidence for strike-slip motion on the Raymond fault
title_short The 3 December 1988 Pasadena, California earthquake : evidence for strike-slip motion on the Raymond fault
title_full The 3 December 1988 Pasadena, California earthquake : evidence for strike-slip motion on the Raymond fault
title_fullStr The 3 December 1988 Pasadena, California earthquake : evidence for strike-slip motion on the Raymond fault
title_full_unstemmed The 3 December 1988 Pasadena, California earthquake : evidence for strike-slip motion on the Raymond fault
title_sort 3 december 1988 pasadena, california earthquake : evidence for strike-slip motion on the raymond fault
publishDate 2013
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94735
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9357
http://bssa.geoscienceworld.org/content/80/2/474.abstract
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