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Source dimensions of small earthquakes as determined from the size of the aftershock zone

LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, PALISADES, NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN,, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

Abstract

Data derived from studies by other workers of prominent, well-defined aftershock sequences are employed to obtain evidence for the source dimensions of earthquakes in the magnitude range m = to 6. The characteristic length of the aftershock zone is defined as the longest dimension of the map view of the aftershock epicenters. On the basis of this aftershock data, the following rough limits may be placed on the likely size of small earthquakes in the western United States: for magnitude 5 events, 5 to 25 km; for magnitude 4 events, 2 to 15 km. These limits are about an order of magnitude larger than those proposed by Press for earthquakes and underground explosions and represent an independent confirmation of the results for earthquakes of Wyss and Brune. These results have an important bearing on recent studies of the excitation of surface waves by earthquakes and underground explosions.

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^* Present address: Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, P.O. Bin 2, Arroyo Annex, Pasadena, California.

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