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1981 Westmorland earthquake

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30: 402:), which was the maximum observed intensity for the event. At these locations, roads and house foundations were cracked, interior and exterior walls experienced partial collapse, chimneys fell, windows were broken, and underground water pipes burst. The shock was felt over an area of 73,500 km, and the communities of Encino and Cedar Glen in California, and Bouse in Arizona were at the outermost extremity of the felt area in the United States. 414: 37: 589:; Fuis, Gary S.; Kell, Annie; Driscoll, Neal W.; Kent, Graham M.; Harding, Alistair J.; Rymer, Michael J.; González-Fernández, Antonio; Lázaro-Mancilla, Octavio (2016), "Continental rupture and the creation of new crust in the Salton Trough rift, Southern California and northern Mexico: Results from the Salton Seismic Imaging Project", 255:), this was one of fifteen intensity VII or greater shocks in the Imperial Valley that were observed in the 20th century up until April 1981. The region experiences large stand-alone events and earthquake swarms due to its position in an area of complex conditions where faulting transitions from strike-slip movement to the north and 281:
is very active seismically and has been subject to numerous destructive earthquakes since communities began to form in this desert area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Records of events prior to this period do not exist due to a lack of settlers in the area. Fifteen shocks of intensity VII
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The region experiences large stand-alone events and earthquake swarms due to its position in an area of complex faulting where it transitions from the strike-slip movement of the San Andreas Fault system to that of the
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Lohman, R. B., and McGuire, J. J. (2007), Earthquake swarms driven by aseismic creep in the Salton Trough, California, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B04405,
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or higher were recorded prior to April 1981 and beginning with the intensity VIII shock of April 18, 1906, which was a triggered event following the
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Maley, R.P.; Etheredge, E.C. (1981), "Strong-motion data from the Westmorland, California, earthquake of April 26, 1981",
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plate boundary. The southern portion has matured into seafloor spreading, and at the northern end of the province is the
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and stretching to the southeast. It contains numerous right-lateral
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Calipatria and Westmorland both experienced intensity VII shaking (
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ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009)
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angle that is within 45 degrees of being pure strike-slip.
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Barnhard, L.M.; Thenhaus, P.C.; Algermissen, S.T. (1982),
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Gulf of California Rift Zone, which is an area of active
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Stover, C.W. (1984), "United States earthquakes, 1981",
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The Global Centroid Moment Tensor Database shows a NNW
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1981 earthquake in southern California, United States
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indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
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Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised)
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1255:(5.8) 1249:(5.7) 1243:(5.8) 1231:(5.7) 1212:(6.4) 1206:(6.4) 1200:(6.0) 1194:(6.5) 1188:(6.6) 1182:(6.7) 1176:(6.5) 1170:(6.2) 1164:(6.9) 1152:(6.2) 1146:(6.0) 1140:(6.2) 1134:(6.2) 1128:(6.4) 1116:(6.6) 1110:(6.4) 1104:(6.9) 1098:(6.4) 1092:(6.4) 1086:(6.8) 1080:(6.7) 1068:(6.7) 1039:Large 1031:(7.1) 1025:(7.2) 1019:(7.1) 1013:(7.3) 1007:(7.2) 1001:(7.3) 995:(7.3) 989:(7.3) 983:(7.0) 977:(7.8) 959:(7.9) 844:Sirch 689:(PDF) 569:S2CID 126:Depth 73:USGS- 814:Dawu 717:ISSN 388:rake 332:and 312:The 273:The 227:The 206:Max. 171:Type 112:5.9 75:ANSS 745:doi 729:doi 709:doi 664:doi 631:doi 607:doi 595:121 561:doi 324:in 277:of 237:UTC 61:ISC 50:UTC 2108:: 743:, 715:. 707:. 697:38 695:. 691:. 658:, 605:, 593:, 567:, 559:, 549:93 547:, 543:, 498:^ 470:^ 447:^ 368:. 356:. 302:, 298:, 286:. 1336:e 1329:t 1322:v 915:e 908:t 901:v 882:‡ 877:† 860:† 851:‡ 848:† 839:† 818:† 809:† 794:→ 788:← 780:e 773:t 766:v 747:: 735:. 731:: 723:. 711:: 703:: 666:: 633:: 609:: 601:: 563:: 555:: 340:– 218:) 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Index

1981 Westmorland earthquake is located in California
UTC
ISC
628772
ANSS
ComCat
Mw
33°01′N 115°41′W / 33.02°N 115.68°W / 33.02; -115.68
Strike-slip
Imperial Valley
Southern California
MMI VII (Very strong)
Pacific Daylight Time
UTC
Imperial Valley
Mexico–United States border
Mercalli intensity
divergence
Remotely triggered earthquakes
Imperial Valley
Southern California
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Brawley Seismic Zone
Cerro Prieto Geothermal Power Station
East Pacific Rise
Imperial Fault Zone
Gulf of California Rift Zone
Gulf of California
Colorado River
Baja California

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