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Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased hazard in the Sichuan basin

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  • Tom Parsons

    (US Geological Survey, MS-999, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA)

  • Chen Ji

    (University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA)

  • Eric Kirby

    (Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA)

Abstract

Sichuan quake follow-up The damaging magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck in Sichuan, China, on 12 May this year, will have dramatically rearranged the stresses in the crust in the region. In a paper published AOP on 6 July and covered in Nature's news pages two weeks ago (on page 148), Tom Parsons, Chen Ji and Eric Kirby report stress change calculations for the Sichuan basin and its surroundings that indicate significant stress increases on active strike–slip and thrust faults in the area. Aftershocks can follow years to decades after a triggering mainshock, and with several large cites situated above the active faults, the identification of potential future rupture zones will be if value in focusing mitigation efforts.

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  • Tom Parsons & Chen Ji & Eric Kirby, 2008. "Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased hazard in the Sichuan basin," Nature, Nature, vol. 454(7203), pages 509-510, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:454:y:2008:i:7203:d:10.1038_nature07177
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07177
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