LANDERS RUPTURE MODELS

LANDERS EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE

The image below illustrates the total slip along the Camprock, Emerson and Homestead Valley faults during the Landers Earthquake Rupture.

To view a MPEG movie of the fault model for the image and of the actual slip during rupture, click on the image.

The following picture shows a map view of the Landers Earthquake rupture. To view an MPEG movie of the kinetic energy distribution during rupture, click on the image.

Background information about the construction of these models can be found in the paper:

Wald, David J. and Heaton, Thomas H.

Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Slip for the 1992 Landers, California, Earthquake

Our thanks to Dave Wald for providing these rupture animations.