Historical and recent large megathrust earthquakes in Chile

S Ruiz, R Madariaga - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Recent earthquakes in Chile, 2014, Mw 8.2 Iquique, 2015, Mw 8.3 Illapel and 2016,
Mw 7.6 Chiloé have put in evidence some problems with the straightforward application of …

The occurrence and hazards of great subduction zone earthquakes

EA Wirth, VJ Sahakian, LM Wallace… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Subduction zone earthquakes result in some of the most devastating natural hazards on
Earth. Knowledge of where great (moment magnitude M≥ 8) subduction zone earthquakes …

2010 Maule earthquake slip correlates with pre-seismic locking of Andean subduction zone

M Moreno, M Rosenau, O Oncken - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract The magnitude-8.8 Maule (Chile) earthquake of 27 February 2010 ruptured a
segment of the Andean subduction zone megathrust that has been suspected to be of high …

The 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule Megathrust Earthquake of Central Chile, Monitored by GPS

C Vigny, A Socquet, S Peyrat, JC Ruegg, M Métois… - Science, 2011 - science.org
Large earthquakes produce crustal deformation that can be quantified by geodetic
measurements, allowing for the determination of the slip distribution on the fault. We used …

Field survey of the 27 February 2010 Chile tsunami

HM Fritz, CM Petroff, PA Catalán, R Cienfuegos… - Pure and Applied …, 2011 - Springer
On 27 February 2010, a magnitude M w= 8.8 earthquake occurred off the coast of Chile's
Maule region causing substantial damage and loss of life. Ancestral tsunami knowledge …

Slip distribution of the February 27, 2010 Mw= 8.8 Maule earthquake, central Chile, from static and high‐rate GPS, InSAR, and broadband teleseismic data

B Delouis, JM Nocquet, M Vallée - Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The shallow depth underthrust earthquake of February 27, 2010 (Mw 8.8) ruptured the
subduction plate interface in central Chile between 34° S and 38° S. We retrieve the spatial …

[PDF][PDF] Major earthquakes of Chile: a historical survey, 1535-1960

C Lomnitz - Seismological Research Letters, 2004 - Citeseer
This paper is an update of a 1970 publication," Major Earthquakes and Tsunamis in
Chile"(Lomnitz, 1970), which appeared in the Geologische Rundschau, now International …

Limited overlap between the seismic gap and coseismic slip of the great 2010 Chile earthquake

S Lorito, F Romano, S Atzori, X Tong, A Avallone… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Abstract The M w 8.8 mega-thrust earthquake and tsunami that occurred on 27 February
2010 offshore the Maule region, Chile, was not unexpected. A clearly identified seismic …

Three‐dimensional density model of the Nazca plate and the Andean continental margin

A Tassara, HJ Götze, S Schmidt… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We forward modeled the Bouguer anomaly in a region encompassing the Pacific Ocean
(85° W) and the Andean margin (60° W) between northern Peru (5° S) and Patagonia (45° …

Lacustrine turbidites as a tool for quantitative earthquake reconstruction: New evidence for a variable rupture mode in south central Chile

J Moernaut, MV Daele, K Heirman… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the long‐term earthquake recurrence pattern at subduction zones requires
continuous paleoseismic records with excellent temporal and spatial resolution and stable …