In 2020, a magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck Sparta, North Carolina, producing an unusual surface rupture. A new #SRL paper suggests that the rupture was predominantly thrust motion that transitioned to combined thrust and left‐lateral strike‐slip motion.
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In a new #SRL paper a @USGS scientist explores the unusually long surface rupture produced by the 2020 magnitude-5.1 Sparta, North Carolina earthquake. https://t.co/ByZGdxsCWp https://t.co/KU53M8NNyl
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RT @SeismoSocietyAm: Shallow Fault Slip of the 2020 M 5.1 Sparta, North Carolina, Earthquake #SRL A @USGS scientist combined regional se…
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