An Overview of the 28 October 2012 Mw 7.7 Earthquake in Haida Gwaii, Canada: A Tsunamigenic Thrust Event Along a Predominantly Strike-Slip Margin

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 171, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3457-3465

  Cassidy, John F ^a   Rogers, Garry C ^a   Hyndman, Roy D ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haida Gwaii; oblique convergence; strike slip margin; Thrust earthquake; tsunamigenic

Indexed keywords

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TRANSFORM FAULTS; TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS; HAIDA GWAII; OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE; SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGION; STRIKE-SLIP MARGIN; TSUNAMIGENIC; VULNERABLE STRUCTURES; WEST COAST;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; OBLIQUE FAULT; PACIFIC PLATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST; TSUNAMI;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

EID: 84919337987     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0775-1     Document Type: Article

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