Multiple slow-slip events during a foreshock sequence of the 2014 Iquique, Chile Mw 8.1 earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 5420-5427

  Kato, Aitaro ^a,b   Nakagawa, Shigeki ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

earthquake migrations; foreshocks; matched filter technique; repeating earthquakes; slow slip events; the 2014 Iquique Chile Mw 8.1 earthquake

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; MATCHED FILTERS;

EARTHQUAKE MIGRATION; FILTER TECHNIQUES; FORESHOCKS; REPEATING EARTHQUAKE; SLOW-SLIP EVENTS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGS; FORESHOCK SEQUENCES; MULTIPLE SEQUENCES; NUCLEATION POINTS; PLATE BOUNDARIES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT PLANE; FORESHOCK; NUCLEATION; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMOGRAM; SLIP RATE; STRESS FIELD;

CHILE;

EID: 84905315815     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061138     Document Type: Article

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