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Coseismic Displacements from the Hector Mine, California, Earthquake: Results from Survey-Mode Global Positioning System Measurements

Duncan C. Agnew, Susan E. Owen, Zheng-Kang Shen, Greg Anderson, Jerry Svarc, , Kenneth Austin, & Robert Reilinger

Published May 2002, SCEC Contribution #614

We describe the collection and processing of Global Positioning System (GPS) data from 77 locations around the Hector Mine earthquake, which we use to estimate coseismic displacements related to this shock. The existence of pre-event GPS data, some collected to monitor postseismic displacements from the 1992 Landers earthquake and some to establish survey control in the meizoseismal area, provided a relatively dense coverage close to the rupture zone. The data available were collected mostly within the 2 years prior to the 1999 earthquake; we reobserved many points within a few days after the shock, and all within 6 months after. We include corrections for interseismic motion to provide the best value possible for coseismic motion caused by this earthquake. The displacements in general display the pattern expected for a strike-slip fault, though a few show significant vertical motion. The maximum horizontal displacement observed was 2 m; one station between fault ruptures showed little horizontal motion, but significant uplift.

Citation
Agnew, D. C., Owen, S. E., Shen, Z., Anderson, G., Svarc, J., , Austin, K., & Reilinger, R. (2002). Coseismic Displacements from the Hector Mine, California, Earthquake: Results from Survey-Mode Global Positioning System Measurements. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92(4), 1355-1364. doi: 10.1785/0120000928.