Magnitude of maximum earthquake scales with maturity of fault
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 11:32
in Earth & Climate
The oldest sections of transform faults, such as the North Anatolian Fault Zone and the San Andreas Fault, produce the largest earthquakes, putting important limits on the potential seismic hazard for less mature parts of fault zones, according to a new study. The finding suggests that maximum earthquake magnitude scales with the maturity of the fault.