Seismicity of the Pahute Mesa area, Nevada Test Site: 8 October 1975 to 30 June 1976
Open-File Report
77-826
Prepared for the Nevada Operations Office Environmental Research and Development Administration
By: A. M. Rogers, Geraldine M. Wuollet, and P. A. Covington
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Abstract
A total of 1,075 earthquakes occurred in the Pahute Mesa area with 2.5≤ML≤4.9 during the period October 28, 1975, to June 28, 1976. The majority of these earthquakes are aftershocks of the nuclear events, Kasseri, Inlet, Muenster, Fontina, Cheshire, Estuary, Colby, and Pool (5.8≤ML≤6.3). Smaller nuclear events (ML≤5.5) on Rainier Mesa and Yucca Flat detonated in the same time period did not trigger aftershock sequences. The aftershock series were displaced laterally from ground zero and occurred deeper (at 4–6 km) than the nuclear even depth of burial (~1 km). The aftershocks appear to occur on vertical faults with approximately north-south strike.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Seismicity of the Pahute Mesa area, Nevada Test Site: 8 October 1975 to 30 June 1976 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 77-826 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr77826 |
| Year Published | 1977 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Science Center |
| Description | v, 61 p. |
| Time Range Start | 1975-10-08 |
| Time Range End | 1976-06-30 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| Other Geospatial | Nevada Test Site, Pahute Mesa area |
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