Magnitude of quake scales with maturity of fault

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 ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Magnitude_of_quake_scales_with_maturity_of_fault_999.html