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Braunmiller et al. 1995
Braunmiller, J., Nábelek, J., Leitner, B. and Qamar, A. (1995). The 1993 Klamath Falls, Oregon, earthquake sequence: Source mechanisms from regional data. Geophysical Research Letters 22: doi: 10.1029/94GL02844. issn: 0094-8276.

We use regional broadband seismograms to obtain seismic moment-tensor solutions of the two September 20, 1993, Mw=6, Klamath Falls, Oregon earthquakes, their foreshock and largest aftershocks (MD>3.5). Several sub-groups with internally consistent solutions indicate activity on several fault segments and faults. From the estimated moment-tensors and depths of the main shocks and from the aftershock distribution we decuce that both main shocks occurred on an east-dipping normal fault, possibly related to the Lake of the woods fault system. Rotation of T-axes between the two main shocks is consistent with the two dominant trends of the aftershocks and mapped faults. We propose that a change in fault strike acted as temporary barrier separating the rupture of the main shocks. Empirical Green's function analysis shows that the first main event had a longer rupture duration (half-duration 1.7 s) than the second (1.2 s). In December, vigorous shallow activity commenced near Klamath Lake's western shore, 5--10 km east of the primary aftershock zone. It appears a Mw=5.5 aftershock occurring the day before, though within the primary aftershock zone, triggered the activity. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Seismology, Earthquake parameters, Seismology, Seismicity and seismotectonics, Exploration Geophysics, Continental structures (8109, 8110)
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Geophysical Research Letters
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