Surface Displacements in the 1906 San Francisco and 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquakes
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- 30 November 1990
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 250 (4985) , 1241-1244
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.250.4985.1241
Abstract
The horizontal displacements accompanying the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake are computed from geodetic survey measurements. The 1906 earthquake displacement field is entirely consistent with right-lateral strike slip on the San Andreas fault. In contrast, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake exhibited subequal components of strike slip and reverse faulting. This result, together with other seismic and geologic data, may indicate that the two earthquakes occurred on two different fault planes.Keywords
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