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M4 Coronado Bank (offshore San Diego) |
There was a M4 oblique reverse/thrust offshore San Diego. This was relatively far east of the M4.1 strike-slip earthquake about on June 20 on or near the right-lateral San Diego trough fault. I am working with a student who is mapping the area north of this quake, but including the same area; he will present at SCEC meeting mid September on at least the Carlsbad fault. This far south, the bathymetry and the subsurface structure preserve extension from before 2 million years ago, and in some areas, probably active extension. There is little evidence for contraction consistent with this earthquake: the contraction is probably both young and slow and had not accumulated folds etc. This quake is of a little more than academic interest because the faults systems are at least related to the Palos Verdes fault and the Newport Inglewood fault, as we will show. Follow Ups: ● The tectonic plates NOT makes the earthquakes - Boyko Iliev 01:36:56 - 7/13/2009 (75589) (1) ● That did not make sense - heartland chris 06:55:10 - 7/13/2009 (75592) (2) ● Moon in the Farmer's Almanac - PennyB 10:41:17 - 7/13/2009 (75595) (0) ● strain, not displacement - John Vidale 08:07:38 - 7/13/2009 (75594) (0) |
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