gov.usgs.earthquake.nshmp.eq.fault.surface

Interface RuptureSurface

All Known Subinterfaces:

GriddedSurface

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApproxGriddedSurface, DefaultGriddedSurface

public interface RuptureSurface

A parameterization of an earthquake rupture surface.

Author:

Ned Field, Peter Powers

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	area() The surface area of this surface in km2.
Location	centroid() The centroid of this surface.
double	depth() The average depth to the top of this surface in km (always positive)
double	dip() The average dip of this surface in degrees [0°, 90°].
double	dipDirection() The average dip direction of this surface in degrees [0°, 360°).
double	dipRad() The average dip of this surface in radians [0, π/2].
Distance	distanceTo(Location loc) Returns the distance metrics commonly required by PSHA ground motion models (GMMs): rJB, rRup, and rX.
double	length() The average length of the upper edge or trace of this surface in km.
double	strike() The average strike of this surface in degrees [0°, 360°).
double	width() The average down-dip width of this surface in km.

Method Detail

strike

double strike()

The average strike of this surface in degrees [0°, 360°).

dip

double dip()

The average dip of this surface in degrees [0°, 90°].

dipRad

double dipRad()

The average dip of this surface in radians [0, π/2].

dipDirection

double dipDirection()

The average dip direction of this surface in degrees [0°, 360°).

length

double length()

The average length of the upper edge or trace of this surface in km.

width

double width()

The average down-dip width of this surface in km.

area

double area()

The surface area of this surface in km².

depth

double depth()

The average depth to the top of this surface in km (always positive)

centroid

Location centroid()

The centroid of this surface.

distanceTo

Distance distanceTo(Location loc)

Returns the distance metrics commonly required by PSHA ground motion models (GMMs): rJB, rRup, and rX.

Parameters:

loc - Location to compute distances to

Returns:

a distance metric wrapper object

See Also:

Distance