Postseismic strain following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake from GPS and leveling measurements
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Abstract
Postseismic deformation in the 5 years following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake has been measured with the Global Positioning System and precise leveling. Postearthquake velocities at distances greater than ∼20 km from the coseismic rupture are not significantly different from those observed in the 20 years prior to the earthquake. However, velocities at stations within ∼20 km of the rupture exceed preearthquake rates and exhibit unanticipated contraction normal to the strike of the San Andreas fault system. A combination of forward modeling and nonlinear optimization suggests that the observed postseismic deformations were caused by aseismic oblique reverse slip averaging 2.9 cm/yr on the San Andreas fault and/or the Loma Prieta rupture zone and 2.4 cm/yr reverse slip along a buried fault within the Foothills thrust belt. The best fitting sources of postseismic deformation are all located at depths of less than 15 km. We find no evidence for accelerated flow or shear below the Loma Prieta rupture in the first 5 years following the earthquake. The inferred postseismic slip is likely to have been caused by the coseismic stress change updip of the 1989 rupture.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Postseismic strain following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake from GPS and leveling measurements |
| Series title | Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth |
| DOI | 10.1029/96JB03171 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | B3 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
| Description | 23 p. |
| First page | 4933 |
| Last page | 4955 |
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