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Gradual unlocking of plate boundary controlled initiation of the 2014 Iquique earthquake

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  • Bernd Schurr

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Günter Asch

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Sebastian Hainzl

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Jonathan Bedford

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Andreas Hoechner

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Mauro Palo

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Rongjiang Wang

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Marcos Moreno

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Mitja Bartsch

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Yong Zhang

    (School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University)

  • Onno Oncken

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Frederik Tilmann

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Torsten Dahm

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Pia Victor

    (GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany)

  • Sergio Barrientos

    (Centro Sismológico National, Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Blanco Encalada 2002, Santiago, Chile)

  • Jean-Pierre Vilotte

    (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 1, rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris cedex 05, France)

Abstract

A long foreshock series unlocked the South American plate boundary until eventually initiating the M 8.1 Iquique, Chile, earthquake.

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  • Bernd Schurr & Günter Asch & Sebastian Hainzl & Jonathan Bedford & Andreas Hoechner & Mauro Palo & Rongjiang Wang & Marcos Moreno & Mitja Bartsch & Yong Zhang & Onno Oncken & Frederik Tilmann & Torste, 2014. "Gradual unlocking of plate boundary controlled initiation of the 2014 Iquique earthquake," Nature, Nature, vol. 512(7514), pages 299-302, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:512:y:2014:i:7514:d:10.1038_nature13681
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13681
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    1. Ignacia Calisto & Marisella Ortega & Matthew Miller, 2015. "Observed and modeled tsunami signals compared by using different rupture models of the April 1, 2014, Iquique earthquake," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 79(1), pages 397-408, October.
    2. G. Kwiatek & P. Martínez-Garzón & D. Becker & G. Dresen & F. Cotton & G. C. Beroza & D. Acarel & S. Ergintav & M. Bohnhoff, 2023. "Months-long seismicity transients preceding the 2023 MW 7.8 Kahramanmaraş earthquake, Türkiye," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    3. Juan González & Gabriel González & Rafael Aránguiz & Diego Melgar & Natalia Zamora & Mahesh N. Shrivastava & Ranjit Das & Patricio A. Catalán & Rodrigo Cienfuegos, 2020. "A hybrid deterministic and stochastic approach for tsunami hazard assessment in Iquique, Chile," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 100(1), pages 231-254, January.
    4. Bo Ma & Jacob Geersen & Dietrich Lange & Dirk Klaeschen & Ingo Grevemeyer & Eduardo Contreras-Reyes & Florian Petersen & Michael Riedel & Yueyang Xia & Anne M. Tréhu & Heidrun Kopp, 2022. "Megathrust reflectivity reveals the updip limit of the 2014 Iquique earthquake rupture," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    5. Claudia Prezzi & Virginia Silbergleit, 2015. "Seismic hazards along Ecuador, Perú and northern Chile (South America)," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 79(2), pages 1159-1175, November.
    6. Ignacio A. Solís & Pedro Gazmuri, 2017. "Evaluation of the risk and the evacuation policy in the case of a tsunami in the city of Iquique, Chile," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 88(1), pages 503-532, August.
    7. J. Ruiz & M. Fuentes & S. Riquelme & J. Campos & A. Cisternas, 2015. "Numerical simulation of tsunami runup in northern Chile based on non-uniform k −2 slip distributions," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 79(2), pages 1177-1198, November.
    8. José Drápela & Ignacia Calisto & Marcos Moreno, 2021. "Locking-derived tsunami scenarios for the most recent megathrust earthquakes in Chile: implications for tsunami hazard assessment," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 107(1), pages 35-52, May.

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