A preliminary study of the Santa Barbara, California, earthquake of August 13, 1978, and its major aftershocks

Abstract

Ihe M_r.5 .1 Santa Barbara earthquake of August 13, 1978 occurred at lat 34 22.2'N., long 119 43. 0' 4 km south of Santa Barbara, Calif. at a depth of 12. 5 km in the northeast Santa Barbara Channel, part of the western Transverse Ranges gecnn:rphic-structural province. 'Ihis part of the province is characterized by seismically active, east-trenQing reverse faults and rates of coastal uplift that have averaged up to about 10 m/1000 years over the last 45,000 years.