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Christine Gammans. Location and Source Analysis of the January 2011 Circleville, Utah Earthquake Sequence. Introduction. Began January 3, 2011 M w 4.7 mainshock ̴ 98 aftershocks Portable station deployed Captured a large aftershock within one focal depth. Methods.
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Christine Gammans Location and Source Analysis of the January 2011 Circleville, Utah Earthquake Sequence
Introduction • Began January 3, 2011 • Mw4.7 mainshock • ̴98 aftershocks • Portable station deployed • Captured a large aftershock within one focal depth
Methods • Master Event relocations • hypoDD relocations (Waldhauser and Ellsworth, 2000) • Moment Tensors and their focal mechanism solutions (Minson and Dreger, 2008) • Extrapolation of moment tensor based on station’s amplitude amplification factors (AAF)(Tan and Helmberger, 2007)
Issues and Expected Results • Strike-slip and normal focal mechanisms • Low angle faults • Station coverage • Seismic events confined to planes • Similar magnitudes for first and second principal stress axes • Correlate to local geology