Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 <i>M</i> <sub>w</sub> 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand

Hamling, Ian; Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún; Clark, Kate; R. Elliott, John; Liang, Cunren; J. Fielding, E.; Litchfield, Nicola; Villamor, Pilar; Wallace, Laura; Wright, Tim; D’Anastasio, E.; Bannister, Stephen; Burbidge, David; Denys, Paul; Gentle, Paula; Howarth, Jamie; Mueller, Christof; Palmer, N.; Pearson, Chris; Power, William; M. Barnes, Philip; Barrell, David; Van Dissen, Russ; Langridge, Robert; Little, Tim; Nicol, Andrew; R. Pettinga, Jarg; V. Rowland, J.; Stirling, Mark

doi:10.1126/science.aam7194

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Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 M w 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand

Published in Science • Mar 24, 2017

Authors:

Ian Hamling

Sigrún Hreinsdóttir

Kate Clark

Abstract

) 7.8 earthquake. Field observations, in conjunction with interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Global Positioning System, and seismology data, reveal this to be one of the most complex earthquakes ever recorded. The rupture propagated northward for more than 170 kilometers along both mapped and...

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Seismology

Geology

Moment magnitude scale

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