NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE
RUPTURE MODEL
The following is a view of how the Northridge fault plane
ruptured during the earthquake. Looking perpendicular to
the fault plane, the rupture starts at the lower right corner.
To view a movie of the fault rupture, click on the image.
To learn more about the development of this model and the data behind
it, consult the article:
Wald, David J., Heaton, Thomas H., and Hudnut, K.W.
The Slip History of the 1994 Northridge,
California, Earthquake Determined From Strong-Motion, Teleseismic,
GPS, and Leveling Data,Special Northridge Earthquake Issue of the
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
Our thanks to Dave Wald for providing this rupture animation.
NOTE: To view the rupture model, software to view "mpeg" movies
must be installed on your machine.