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Table 7 List of fault parameters for the 1983 Central Sea of Japan earthquake (MJMA 7.7)

From: Reexamination of tsunami source models for the twentieth century earthquakes off Hokkaido and Tohoku along the eastern margin of the Sea of Japan

Model

Fault

Mw

Length

(km)

Width

(km)

Depth

(km)

Strike

(°)

Dip

(°)

Rake

(°)

Slip

(m)

Model Ar

MMS01

7.7

53.2

33.4

0.0

334.0

25.0

69.0

3.09

MMS04

21.8

33.1

0.0

21.0

25.0

89.0

1.98

MGM01

53.2

33.8

0.0

26.0

25.0

69.0

3.12

Model At

MMS01

7.8

53.2

33.4

0.0

334.0

25.0

69.0

5.44

MMS04

21.8

33.1

0.0

21.0

25.0

89.0

2.25

MGM01

53.2

33.8

0.0

26.0

25.0

69.0

5.36

Model Br

MMS01

7.8

53.2

33.4

0.0

334.0

25.0

69.0

3.37

MMS04

21.8

33.1

0.0

21.0

25.0

89.0

2.15

MGM01

53.2

33.8

0.0

26.0

25.0

69.0

3.39

MMS02

40.6

18.2

0.0

220.0

40.0

130.0

2.18

MMS03

29.7

18.0

0.0

205.0

45.0

108.0

1.85

Satake (1989)

 

7.7

30.0

40.0

1.0

340.0

30.0

90.0

1.80

30.0

40.0

1.0

340.0

30.0

90.0

2.20

30.0

40.0

1.0

20.0

30.0

90.0

3.90

30.0

40.0

1.0

20.0

30.0

90.0

2.00