The town of Nelson is equidistant from two faults, the Mosaic fault and the Simcoe fault. Both faults are capable of producing earthquakes up to M7 The Mosaic fault has a slip rate of 0.1 mm/yr and the Simcoe fault has a slip rate of 10 mm/yr. Which fault poses a greater hazard to the town of Nelson?

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Gunnar Reid

7 July, 08:30

The town of Nelson is equidistant from two faults, the Mosaic fault and the Simcoe fault. Both faults are capable of producing earthquakes up to M7 The Mosaic fault has a slip rate of 0.1 mm/yr and the Simcoe fault has a slip rate of 10 mm/yr. Which fault poses a greater hazard to the town of Nelson?

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Nolan · Answer 1

Simcoe fault can do further damage to infrastructure

Explanation:

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slip rate of mosaic fault is 0.1 mm/year

slip rate smicoe fault is 10 mm/year

Simcoe fault can do further damage to infrastructure because the scale of the earthquake is a feature of the slip during fault. The higher the slip, the size of the earthquake is higher and the smaller the slip, the severity of the earthquake size is smaller.