1957 Gobi-Altay, Mongolia, earthquake as a prototype for southern California's most devastating earthquake
Geology
By: C. Bayarsayhan, A. Bayasgalan, B. Enhtuvshin, K.W. Hudnut, R.A. Kurushin, P. Molnar, and M. Olziybat
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Abstract
The 1957 Gobi-Altay earthquake was associated with both strike-slip and thrust faulting, processes similar to those along the San Andreas fault and the faults bounding the San Gabriel Mountains just north of Los Angeles, California. Clearly, a major rupture either on the San Andreas fault north of Los Angeles or on the thrust faults bounding the Los Angeles basin poses a serious hazard to inhabitants of that area. By analogy with the Gobi-Altay earthquake, we suggest that simultaneous rupturing of both the San Andreas fault and the thrust faults nearer Los Angeles is a real possibility that amplifies the hazard posed by ruptures on either fault system separately.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | 1957 Gobi-Altay, Mongolia, earthquake as a prototype for southern California's most devastating earthquake |
| Series title | Geology |
| DOI | 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0579:GAMEAA>2.3.CO;2 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Geological Society of America |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 579 |
| Last page | 582 |
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