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Open-File Report 99-517

Magnitude versus area data, with three M-A relations used by WG99.

 

Figure C2. Moment magnitudes, M, and rupture areas, A, for large California earthquakes. Events are identified by year of occurrence. Three model proposed M-A relations are shown. Solid line is the Wells and Coppersmith (1994) relation, middle line is the preferred relation for this report, and top line is upper bound relation.

 

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