The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, California
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Abstract
The Whittier Narrows earthquake sequence (local magnitude, ML = 5.9), which caused over 358-million dollars damage, indicates that assessments of earthquake hazards in the Los Angeles metropolitan area may be underestimated. The sequence ruptured a previously unidentified thrust fault that may be part of a large system of thrust faults that extends across the entire east-west length of the northern margin of the Los Angeles basin. Peak horizontal accelerations from the main shock, which were measured at ground level and in structures, were as high as 0.6g (where g is the acceleration of gravity at sea level) within 50 kilometers of the epicenter. The distribution of the modified Mercalli intensity VII reflects a broad north-south elongated zone of damage that is approximately centered on the main shock epicenter.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, California |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.239.4846.1409 |
| Volume | 239 |
| Issue | 4846 |
| Year Published | 1988 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 1409 |
| Last page | 1412 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| City | Los Angeles |