Magnitude of quake scales with maturity of fault
San Francisco CA (SPX) May 02, 2014 -
The oldest sections of transform faults, such as the North Anatolian
Fault Zone (NAFZ) and the San Andreas Fault, produce the largest
earthquakes, putting important limits on the potential seismic hazard
for less mature parts of fault zones, according to a new study to be
presented at the Seismological Society of America (SSA) 2014 Annual
Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. The finding suggests that m ...
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