Surface Rupture on a Secondary Fault Associated with the 8 August 2020 Mw 5.1 Sparta North Carolina Earthquake
On 8 August 2020, northwest North Carolina experienced an Mw 5.1 earthquake that caused damage to buildings and roads in the city of Sparta. A regional centroid moment tensor solution shows that the earthquake was the result of slip on a reverse fault with a minor strike-slip component. Interferomet...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Seismological Society of America
2022-03-01
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| Series: | The Seismic Record |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1785/0320210044 |