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Afterslip behavior following the M6.0, 2014 South Napa earthquake with implications for afterslip forecasting on other seismogenic faults

March 1, 2016

The M6.0, 24 Aug. 2014 South Napa, California, earthquake exhibited unusually large slip for a California strike-slip event of its size with a maximum coseismic surface slip of 40-50 cm in the north section of the 15 km-long rupture. Although only minor (

Publication Year 2016
Title Afterslip behavior following the M6.0, 2014 South Napa earthquake with implications for afterslip forecasting on other seismogenic faults
DOI 10.1785/0220150262
Authors James J. Lienkaemper, Stephen B. DeLong, Carolyn J Domrose, Carla M. Rosa
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Seismological Research Letters
Index ID 70170602
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Earthquake Science Center
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