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Precise location of San Andreas Fault tremors near Cholame, California using seismometer clusters: Slip on the deep extension of the fault?
Article first published online: 6 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036367
Copyright 2009 by the American Geophysical Union.
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How to Cite
, , , , , , , and (2009), Precise location of San Andreas Fault tremors near Cholame, California using seismometer clusters: Slip on the deep extension of the fault? Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L01303, doi:10.1029/2008GL036367.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 6 JAN 2009
- Article first published online: 6 JAN 2009
- Manuscript Accepted: 2 DEC 2008
- Manuscript Revised: 26 NOV 2008
- Manuscript Received: 17 OCT 2008
Keywords:
- tremor;
- San Andreas fault;
- Parkfield
[1] We examine a 24-hour period of active San Andreas Fault (SAF) tremor and show that this tremor is largely composed of repeated similar events. Utilizing this similarity, we locate the subset of the tremor with waveforms similar to an identified low frequency earthquake (LFE) “master template,” located using P and S wave arrivals to be ∼26 km deep. To compensate for low signal-to-noise, we estimate event-pair differential times at “clusters” of nearby stations rather than at single stations. We find that the locations form a near-linear structure in map view, striking parallel to the SAF and near the surface trace. Therefore, we suggest that at least a portion of the tremor occurs on the deep extension of the fault, likely reflecting shear slip, similar to subduction zone tremor. If so, the SAF may extend to the base of the crust, ∼10 km below the deepest regular earthquakes on the fault.