Complex multifault rupture during the 2016
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J. Hamling, Ian; Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún; Clark, Kate; Elliott, John; Liang, Cunren; Fielding, Eric; Litchfield, Nicola; Villamor, Pilar; Wallace, Laura; J. Wright, Tim; D’Anastasio, Elisabetta; Bannister, Stephen; Burbidge, David; Denys, Paul; Gentle, Paula; Howarth, Jamie; Mueller, Christof; Palmer, Neville; Pearson, Chris; Power, William; Barnes, Philip; J. A. Barrell, David; Van Dissen, Russ; Langridge, Robert; Little, Tim; Nicol, Andrew; Pettinga, Jarg; Rowland, Julie; 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

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Authors:

Ian J. Hamling

Sigrún Hreinsdóttir

Kate Clark

Abstract

An earthquake with a dozen faults The 2016 moment magnitude ( M w ) 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake was one of the largest ever to hit New Zealand. Hamling et al. show with a new slip model that it was an incredibly complex event. Unlike most earthquakes, multiple faults ruptured to generate the ground shak...

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