U.S. Geological Survey circular/U.S. Geological Survey Circular · 1978 · 20 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesEarth SciencesGeophysicsGeomorphologySeismologyStructural GeologyAftershock SequencesEarthquake Ground MotionFault Zone SeismologyFault Zone StructurePostseismic DeformationRupture DynamicsAftershock Spatial DistributionCoastal Uplift RatesDeformationFault RuptureFault-plane SolutionsRupture PropagationSlipStructural Deformation
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.