M4 Coronado Bank (offshore San Diego)
Posted by heartland chris on July 11, 2009 at 14:37:26:

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.
Chris
Chris



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)