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Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; August 1970; v. 60; no. 4; p. 1047-1060
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Earthquake swarm in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, 1968

ARTHUR G. SYLVESTER, STEWART W. SMITH* and C. H. SCHOLZ{dagger}

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
SEISMOLOGICAL LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

Abstract

Sixty-three minor earthquakes (maximum magnitude = 5.2) occurred in the Santa Barbara Channel during the period June 26 to August 3 1968. The epicenters form a shot-scatter pattern upon a broad, high-standing fault block in the channel midway between Santa Cruz Island and the City of Santa Barbara. Focal mechanism studies indicate that oblique-slip movement occurred along a northwest-striking fault even though the major folds and faults strike nearly east-west. Preliminary studies of the areal hydrocarbon production data show no compelling evidence for a causal relationship with the swarm.

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* Present address: Geophysics Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

{dagger} Present address: Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York.




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