Abundant off-fault seismicity and orthogonal structures in the San Jacinto fault zone
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Abundant off-fault seismicity and orthogonal structures in the San Jacinto fault zone
The trifurcation area of the San Jacinto fault zone has produced more than 10% of all earthquakes in southern California since 2000, including the June 2016 Mw (moment magnitude) 5.2 Borrego Springs earthquake. In this area, the fault splits into three subparallel strands and is associated with broad VP /VS anomalies. We synthesize spatiotemporal properties of historical background seismicity a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science Advances
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601946