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Predecessors of the giant 1960 Chile earthquake

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  • Marco Cisternas

    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso)

  • Brian F. Atwater

    (US Geological Survey at University of Washington)

  • Fernando Torrejón

    (Centro EULA-Chile)

  • Yuki Sawai

    (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

  • Gonzalo Machuca

    (Universidad de Concepción)

  • Marcelo Lagos

    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

  • Annaliese Eipert

    (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

  • Cristián Youlton

    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso)

  • Ignacio Salgado

    (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso)

  • Takanobu Kamataki

    (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

  • Masanobu Shishikura

    (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

  • C. P. Rajendran

    (Centre for Earth Science Studies)

  • Javed K. Malik

    (Indian Institute of Technology)

  • Yan Rizal

    (Institute of Technology)

  • Muhammad Husni

    (Meteorological and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)

Abstract

Earthquake succession The common assumption that the longer the time since an earthquake, the larger the next earthquake slip, seemed not to apply to the giant magnitude 9.5 Chile earthquake of 1960. It had been 123 years since the last earthquake but the 1960 slip was equivalent to about 300 years' worth of plate motion. Based on historical writings, estuarine stratigraphy, diatom palaeoecology and tree ring data, Cisternas et al. have profiled the predecessors of the Chile earthquake in 1575, 1737 and 1837. This history shows that the giant earthquake of 1960 released strain that lesser events had left unspent. Stress build-up through multiple recurrence intervals may also have contributed to the extreme magnitude of the 2004 Sumatra–Andaman earthquake.

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  • Marco Cisternas & Brian F. Atwater & Fernando Torrejón & Yuki Sawai & Gonzalo Machuca & Marcelo Lagos & Annaliese Eipert & Cristián Youlton & Ignacio Salgado & Takanobu Kamataki & Masanobu Shishikura , 2005. "Predecessors of the giant 1960 Chile earthquake," Nature, Nature, vol. 437(7057), pages 404-407, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:437:y:2005:i:7057:d:10.1038_nature03943
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03943
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