Near-field investigations of the Landers earthquake sequence, April to July 1992

• Main Authors: Hauksson, Egill, Hudnut, Kenneth, Eberhart-Phillips, Donna, Heaton, Thomas, Sieh, Kerry, Hough, Susan, Hutton, Kate, Kanamori, Hiroo, Lilje, Anne, Lindvall, Scott, Stock, Joann, Thio, Hong Kie, Treiman, Jerome, Zachariasen, Judith, McGill, Sally F., Mori, James., Spotila, James A., Jones, Lucile M., Rubin, Charles M., Wernicke, Brian P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95299; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9234
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Landers earthquake, which had a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.3, was the largest earthquake to strike the contiguous United States in 40 years. This earthquake resulted from the rupture of five major and many minor right-lateral faults near the southern end of the eastern California shear zone, jus...