Subducting seamounts control interplate coupling and seismic rupture in the 2014 Iquique earthquake area
To date, the parameters that determine the rupture area of great subduction zone earthquakes remain contentious. On 1 April 2014, the Mw 8.1 Iquique earthquake ruptured a portion of the well-recognized northern Chile seismic gap but left large highly coupled areas un-ruptured. Marine seismic reflection and swath bathymetric data indicate that structural variations in the subducting Nazca Plate control regional-scale plate-coupling variations, and the limited extent of the 2014 earthquake. Several under-thrusting seamounts correlate to the southward and up-dip arrest of seismic rupture during the 2014 Iquique earthquake, thus supporting a causal link. By fracturing of the overriding plate, the subducting seamounts are likely further responsible for reduced plate-coupling in the shallow subduction zone and in a lowly coupled region around 20.5ºS. Our data support that structural variations in the lower plate influence coupling and seismic rupture offshore Northern Chile, whereas the structure of the upper plate plays a minor role
Main Authors: | Geersen, Jacob, Ranero, César R., Barckhausen, Udo, Reichert, Christian J. |
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Other Authors: | Generalitat de Catalunya |
Format: | artículo biblioteca |
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Nature Publishing Group
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/124070 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002809 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002347 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 |
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