Preseismic and coseismic deformation associated with the Coyote Lake, California, earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
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Abstract

The Coyote Lake earthquake (ML = 5.9; August 6, 1979; epicenter about 100 km southeast of San Francisco) occurred on the Calaveras fault within a geodetic network that had been surveyed annually since 1972 to monitor strain accumulation. The rupture surface as defined by aftershocks is a vertical rectangle 20 km in length extending from a depth of 4 km to about 12 km. The observed deformation of the geodetic network constrains the average slip to be about 0.33 ± 0.05 m right lateral. Although the geodetic data furnished an exceptionally detailed picture of the preearthquake deformation, no significant premonitory anomaly associated with the Coyote Lake earthquake can be identified.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Preseismic and coseismic deformation associated with the Coyote Lake, California, earthquake
Series title Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
DOI 10.1029/JB086iB02p00892
Volume 86
Issue B2
Year Published 1981
Language English
Publisher American Geophysical Union
Description 7 p.
First page 892
Last page 898
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