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The 2010 Chile Earthquake: a five-year reflection

Authors :
de la Llera, J. C.
Mitrani-Reiser, J.
Rivera, F.
Fortuño, C.
Jünemann, R.
Poulos, A.
Vasquez, J.
Source :
Artículos CONICYT, CONICYT Chile, instacron:CONICYT
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

At 3:34AM local time, on February 27 th , 2010, a moment magnitude Mw 8.8 megathrust earthquake struck offshore the coast of Chile. The earthquake ruptured a 540 by 200 km mature seismic gap of the underlying subduction pacific plate interlocking mechanis

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Artículos CONICYT, CONICYT Chile, instacron:CONICYT
Accession number :
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