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Natural Hazards Mitigation PlanCity of Glendale, CaliforniaSection 6 – EarthquakesThe Santa Monica – Hollywood fault system has not produced any damaging historical earthquakes,and it has had only relatively minor microseismic activity. Subsurface studies by Dolan et al. (2000a)suggest that the Hollywood fault moves infrequently. The most recent surface-rupturing earthquakeon this fault appears to have occurred 7,000 to 9,500 years ago, and another earthquake appears tohave occurred in the last 10,000 to 22,000 years (Dolan et al., 2000a). These data suggest that thefault either has a slow rate of slip (of between 0.33 and 0.75 mm/yr), or that it breaks in largemagnitudeevents. Interestingly, the recent past history of earthquakes on the Hollywood fault isremarkably similar to that of the Sierra Madre fault. Paleoseismologists are currently researchingthe possibility that earthquakes on the Sierra Madre fault trigger rupture of the Santa Monica –Hollywood fault system. If this is the case, then large earthquakes in the Los Angeles region maycluster in time, releasing a significant amount of strain over a geologically short time period,followed by lengthy periods of seismic quiescence.Based on its length, the Hollywood fault is thought capable of generating a Mw ~6.4 to 6.6earthquake. A conservative magnitude 6.4 earthquake on the Hollywood fault is thought capable ofgenerating peak ground accelerations of about 0.55g in Glendale, near City Hall. Even higheraccelerations, of as much as 0.7g can be expected along the southernmost portion of the City, nearthe eastern end of the fault.Raymond Fault: The Raymond (or Raymond Hills) fault is a left-lateral, strike-slip fault about 13miles (20 km) long that extends across the San Gabriel Valley, along the eastern and southernmargins of Pasadena, and through the northern reaches of Arcadia, San Marino and South Pasadena.The westernmost portion of the Raymond fault is mapped just south of the City of Glendale (seeMap 6.1 and Plate H-4). The fault produces a very obvious south-facing scarp along much of itslength, which led many geologists to favor reverse-slip as the predominant sense of fault motion.However, left-deflected channels, shutter-ridges, sag ponds, and pressure ridges indicate that theRaymond fault is predominantly a left-lateral strike-slip fault. This sense of motion is confirmed bythe seismological record, especially by the mainshock and aftershock sequence to the 1988 Pasadenaearthquake of local magnitude (M L ) 5.0 that probably occurred on this fault (Jones et al., 1990;Hauksson and Jones, 1991). Investigators have suggested that the Raymond fault transfers slipsouthward from the Sierra Madre fault zone to other fault systems (Walls et al., 1998).The Raymond fault was recently trenched in San Marino, at the Los Angeles Arboretum in Arcadia(Weaver and Dolan, 2000), and in eastern Pasadena (Dolan et al., 2000b) where significant data onthe recent history of this fault were collected. These studies indicate that the most recent surfacerupturingearthquake on this fault occurred 1,000 to 2,000 years ago, and that between three and fiveearthquakes occurred on this fault between 41,500 and 31,500 years ago. This suggests that thefault either breaks in cluster earthquakes, or that several more surface-rupturing earthquakes haveoccurred on this fault that were not detected in the trenches. Proposed slip rates on the fault varyfrom a minimum of 1.5 mm/yr (Weaver and Dolan, 2000) to 4 (+1, -0.5) mm/yr (Marin et al., 2000;Dolan et al., in review). Weaver and Dolan (2000) also suggest an average recurrence interval forthis fault of about 3,000 years.Map 6.5: Earthquake Scenario for a M6.5 Earthquake on the Raymond FaultShowing Estimated Intensity Values in the Region Resulting from this Event2006 PAGE 6 - 23
Natural Hazards Mitigation PlanCity of Glendale, CaliforniaSection 6 – EarthquakesA conservative magnitude 6.5 earthquake on the Raymond fault would generate peak groundaccelerations in the Glendale area of about 0.55g and seismic intensities in the VII to X range (seeTable 6-3 and Map 6.5). However, the paleoseismic data suggest that this fault is capable ofgenerating larger earthquakes, in the 7.0 magnitude range (Dolan et al., 2000b). If this is the case,stronger ground shaking as a result of an earthquake on this fault could be experienced in Glendale.Primary Fault RupturePrimary fault rupture refers to fissuring and offset of the ground surface along a rupturing faultduring an earthquake. Primary ground rupture typically results in a relatively small percentage ofthe total damage in an earthquake, but being too close to a rupturing fault can cause severe damageto structures. Development constraints within active fault zones were implemented in 1972 withpassage of the California Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act. This law prohibits the2006 PAGE 6 - 24
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