Rupture of Pre-existing Conjugate Faults During the M7.1 Earthquake Near Ridgecrest, CA

Scott E K Bennett1, Tyler C Ladinsky2, Brian Swanson3, Alexander E Morelan III4, Christopher William Douglas Milliner5, Katherine M Scharer6, Ryan D Gold7, Sinan O Akciz8 and Timothy E Dawson4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology Minerals Energy and Geophysics Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)California Geological Survey Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (3)California Geological Survey, Los Angeles, DC, United States, (4)California Geological Survey, San Mateo, CA, United States, (5)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (6)U.S. Geologic Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)USGS, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Golden, CO, United States, (8)California State University Fullerton, Geological Sciences, Fullerton, CA, United States