Frictional Afterslip Following the 2005 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake, Sumatra

Hsu, Ya‐Ju; Simons, M.; Avouac, Jean‐Philippe; Galetzka, J.; Sieh, K.; Chlieh, M.; H. Natawidjaja, D.; Prawirodirdjo, L.; Bock, Yehuda

doi:10.1126/science.1126960

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Frictional Afterslip Following the 2005 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake, Sumatra

Published in Science • Jun 30, 2006

Authors:

Ya‐Ju Hsu

M. Simons

Jean‐Philippe Avouac

Abstract

Continuously recording Global Positioning System stations near the 28 March 2005 rupture of the Sunda megathrust [moment magnitude (Mw) 8.7] show that the earthquake triggered aseismic frictional afterslip on the subduction megathrust, with a major fraction of this slip in the up-dip direction from ...

Subject

Aftershock

Geology

Seismology

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