Earthquake Probabilities for the Wasatch Front Region in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming
- ISBN-10
- 1557919232
- ISBN-13
- 9781557919236
- Category
- Earthquake hazard analysis
- Pages
- 164
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Author
- Working Group on Utah Earthquake Probabilities
Description
This publication presents probabilistic earthquake forecasts developed by the Working Group on Utah Earthquake Probabilities which developed 30,50, and 100 year forecasts that include combined time dependent probabilities of large earthquakes for the five central segments of the Wasatch Fault Zone.
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