Re: What makes a 6.0 a 6.0?
Posted by Petra on January 26, 2006 at 18:50:24:

Tony,

Maybe this is a joint effort. I will add my two cents.
A. A Fault needs a certain about of stress.
B. It has to be of a given size to have a 6.0 or it won't happen anyway.
C. As it was explained to me by Leon Knopoff, when asperities in a fault finally break it lets go and then you have A & B above and you either get a 3.0 or a 7.0 based upon the makeup of the fault.
D. It's snap, crackle and pop in seconds.

Petra

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     ● Re: What makes a 6.0 a 6.0? - Tony  21:37:39 - 1/26/2006  (33170)  (1)
        ● Re: What makes a 6.0 a 6.0? - Don in Hollister  21:55:12 - 1/26/2006  (33171)  (1)
           ● Re: What makes a 6.0 a 6.0? - Tony  08:26:14 - 1/27/2006  (33177)  (1)
              ● Re: What makes a 6.0 a 6.0? - Don in Hollister  10:21:51 - 1/27/2006  (33179)  (0)