The tectonic framework of the Sumatran subduction zone

R McCaffrey - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The great Aceh-Andaman earthquake of December 26, 2004 and its tragic consequences
brought the Sumatran region and its active tectonics into the world's focus. The plate tectonic …

Why earthquake hazard maps often fail and what to do about it

S Stein, RJ Geller, M Liu - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake is another striking example–after the 2008 Wenchuan and
2010 Haiti earthquakes–of highly destructive earthquakes that occurred in areas predicted …

[PDF][PDF] 2008 年汶川大地震对周围断层的影响

万永革[1, 沈正康, 盛书中, 徐晓枫 - 2009 - researchgate.net
摘要2008 年5 月12 日的汶川地震明显地改变了区域地震的应力场. 理解这种应力场的改变对
周围断层构造加载进程和区域地震危险性的改变非常重要. 本文以汶川地震的破裂为驱动源 …

Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased hazard in the Sichuan basin

T Parsons, C Ji, E Kirby - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
On 12 May 2008, the devastating magnitude 7.9 (Wenchuan) earthquake struck the eastern
edge of the Tibetan plateau, collapsing buildings and killing thousands in major cities …

[图书][B] Microearthquake seismology and seismotectonics of South Asia

JR Kayal - 2008 - books.google.com
Hardly a week passes without our learning of natural geologic disaster somewhere in the
world, be it a volcanic eruption, landslide, or destructive earthquake. The prominent public …

12 May 2008 M= 7.9 Wenchuan, China, earthquake calculated to increase failure stress and seismicity rate on three major fault systems

S Toda, J Lin, M Meghraoui… - Geophysical Research …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The Wenchuan earthquake on the Longmen Shan fault zone devastated cities of Sichuan,
claiming at least 69,000 lives. We calculate that the earthquake also brought the Xianshuihe …

Insight into the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake from GPS measurements in southeast Asia

C Vigny, WJF Simons, S Abu, R Bamphenyu… - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
Data collected at∼ 60 Global Positioning System (GPS) sites in southeast Asia show the
crustal deformation caused by the 26 December 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake at an …

Rupture kinematics and coseismic slip model of the 2021 Mw 7.3 Maduo (China) earthquake: Implications for the seismic hazard of the Kunlun fault

H Chen, C Qu, D Zhao, C Ma, X Shan - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The 21 May 2021 Maduo earthquake was the largest event to occur on a secondary fault in
the interior of the active Bayanhar block on the north-central Tibetan plateau in the last …

The Sumatran fault zone—From source to hazard

DH Natawidjaja, W Triyoso - Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, 2007 - World Scientific
The substantial portion of the dextral component of the Sumatran oblique convergence is
accommodated by the Sumatran fault. This 1900 km-long active strike-slip fault zone runs …

Far-field tsunami hazard from mega-thrust earthquakes in the Indian Ocean

EA Okal, CE Synolakis - Geophysical journal international, 2008 - academic.oup.com
We evaluate far-field tsunami hazard in the Indian Ocean Basin based on hydrodynamic
simulations of ten case studies of possible mega earthquakes at the major seismic zones …