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Map showing earthquake focal mechanisms in the Yellowstone region

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Map showing earthquake focal mechanisms in the Yellowstone region.  Mechanisms labeled (a) and (b) are two different solutions for the 1959 M 7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake.  The mechanism labeled (c) represents the 1975 M6 Norris Junction earthquake.  (Source: Waite and Smith, 2004; https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JB002675)

 

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Source: Waite and Smith, 2004; https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JB002675