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Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; February 1974; v. 64; no. 1; p. 149-172
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A three-dimensional dislocation model for the San Fernando, California, earthquake of February 9, 1971

M. D. TRIFUNAC

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109

Abstract

The data from five strong-motion accelerograph stations centered above and surrounding the fault are used to develop an approximate three-dimensional dislocation model for the San Fernando earthquake. In the resulting model, the dislocation originates near the instrumentally determined epicenter at a depth of 9.2 km and then propagates southward and upward with a velocity of 2 km/sec. Calculated dislocation amplitudes of about 10 m in the hypocentral region have been found to decay to about 1 m toward the center of the fault and then build up again to about 6 m just before the fault intersects the ground surface in the San Fernando Valley. The assumed fault area of 130 km2 and the assumed rigidity µ = 3 x 1011 dyne/cm2 give a moment M0 = 1.53 x 1026 dyne-cm. This study indicates that, with several strong-motion accelerographs suitably located in the epicentral region, it is possible to find a kinematic faulting process associated with the periods of ground motion which are longer than about 1 sec.




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