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Triggering an unexpected earthquake in an uncoupled subduction zone

In the 1970s, the Shumagin Islands region of the Alaska subduction zone was identified as a seismic gap expected to host a future great [moment magnitude (M(w)) ≥8.0] earthquake. More recent geodetic data indicate that this region is weakly coupled, and the geologic record shows little evidence of p...

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Autores principales: Herman, Matthew W., Furlong, Kevin P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7990338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33762346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf7590