Se. Hough, SOUTHERN SURFACE RUPTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE M-7.3 1992 LANDERS, CALIFORNIA, EARTHQUAKE, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 84(3), 1994, pp. 817-825
Although most evidence suggests that the 28 June 1992 M 7.3 Landers ea
rthquake ruptured unilaterally north, significant surface rupture was
mapped on the Eureka Peak and Burnt Mountain faults, to the south of t
he Landers epicenter. An eyewitness account reports that surface ruptu
re occurred on the northern Eureka Peak fault within approximately 35
sec of the mainshock initiation. Array analysis of the Landers mainsho
ck provides evidence in support of this report; a significant southern
subevent in the early mainshock coda. I also analyze dense array reco
rdings of a M 5.6 aftershock that occurred 3 min after the mainshock a
t 34-degrees 7.65'N, 116-degrees 23.82'W and show that there is strong
evidence that this event was also associated with significant rupture
on the Eureka Peak fault. This analysis thus suggests that the Eureka
Peak fault rupture was not caused by direct bilateral mainshock ruptu
re but instead was initially triggered less than a minute after the ma
inshock and reruptured by the M 5.6 aftershock. Results for the evolut
ion of the Landers sequence suggest that mainshock subevents may in so
me cases be accurately described as aftershocks (i.e., disjoint trigge
red events) that occur within the duration of mainshock strong ground
motion.