Seismicity in the Vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the Period October 1, 2002, to September 30, 2003

Smith, Ken ; von Seggern, David

Nevada System of Higher Education

关键词: Nevada Seismological Laboratory (Nsl);    Fy03 Seismicity;    58 Geosciences;    Yucca Mountain Yucca Mountain;    Southern Great Basin Digital Seismic Network (Sgbdsn);   

DOI  :  10.2172/920506
RP-ID  :  TR-04-002
RP-ID  :  FC28-04RW12232
RP-ID  :  920506

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Earthquake activity in the Yucca Mountain from October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003 (FY03) is assessed and compared with previous activity in the region. FY03 is the first reporting year since the 1992 M 5.6 Little Skull Mountain earthquake with no earthquakes greater than M 3.0 within 65 km of Yucca Mountain. In addition, FY03 includes the fewest number of earthquakes greater than M 2.0 in any reporting year since the LSM event. With 3075 earthquakes in the catalog, FY03 represents the second largest number of earthquakes (second to FY02) since FY96 when digital seismic network operations began. The largest event during FY03 was M 2.78 in eastern NTS and there were only 8 earthquakes greater than M 2.0.