The Chile-2015 (Illapel) earthquake and tsunami

• Other Authors: Braitenberg, Carla, Rabinovich, A. B.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017.
• Series: Pageoph topical volumes.
• Subjects: 2000-2099; Earthquakes > Chile > Illapel > 21st century.; Tsunamis > Chile > Illapel > 21st century.; Chile > Illapel.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319578224; 9783319578217
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (332 pages)

This volume presents a collection of contributions that were published in "Pure and Applied Geophysics - pageoph" and which deals with the major earthquake that hit Illapel, Chile on September 16, 2015 with magnitude 8.3, and associated trans-oceanic tsunami. The subducting Nazca plate ben...

Table of Contents:

• Preface; Contents; 1 A Review of Source Models of the 2015 Illapel, Chile Earthquake and Insights from Tsunami Data; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Tsunami Data; 3. Slip Distribution; 4. Insights from Tsunami Data; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; REFERENCES; 2 Rapidly Estimated Seismic Source Parameters for the 16 September 2015 Illapel, Chile Mw 8.3 Earthquake; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Rapid Seismic Analysis of the 2015 Mw 8.3 Earthquake; 2.1. Point-Source Solutions; 2.2. Back-Projection Analysis; 2.3. Teleseismic Finite-Fault Inversion.
• 2.4. Source Spectrum, Radiated Energy and Stress Drop Estimation3. Discussion and Conclusion; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; 3 Rupture Process During the 2015 Illapel, Chile Earthquake: Zigzag-Along-Dip Rupture Episodes; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Data and Methods; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; 4 Imaging Rupture Process of the 2015 Mw 8.3 Illapel Earthquake Using the US Seismic Array; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Data and Method; 3. Back-Projection Results; 4. Discussions; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES.
• 5 Interseismic Coupling, Megathrust Earthquakes and Seismic Swarms Along the Chilean Subduction Zone (38 -18 S)Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Tectonic Context; 3. Interseismic Velocity Field; 4. Modelling of GPS Data; 5. Discussion; 5.1. Kinematics of the Nazca-South America Convergence; 5.2. The Chilean Margin is Segmented; 5.3. Segmentation and Megathrusts; 5.4. Interseismic Coupling and Background Seismicity; 5.5. Creeping Low-Coupled Zones?; 6. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES.
• 6 Low-Frequency Centroid Moment Tensor Inversion of the 2015 Illapel Earthquake from Superconducting-Gravimeter DataAbstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Method; 3. Results of Inversion; 4. Concluding Remark; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; 7 Coseismic Fault Slip of the September 16, 2015 Mw 8.3 Illapel, Chile Earthquake Estimated from InSAR Data; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. SAR Data and InSAR Processing; 3. Fault Slip Modeling; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; 8 Analysis of the Illapel Mw = 8.3 Thrust Earthquake Rupture Zone Using GOCE-Derived Gradients; Abstract.
• 1. Introduction; 2. Oceanic Features and Seismic Segmentation; 3. Methodology; 4. Results; 5. Discussion; 5.1. Oceanic features controlling rupture propagation; 6. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1: The Maule 2010 and Iquique 2014 Earthquakes; Appendix 2: Preliminary Slip Models; Appendix 3: GOCE Error Assessment; Appendix 4: Uncertainties Which Should Originate from the Topography and Sediment Corrections; Appendix 5; REFERENCES; 9 Chile2015: Lévy Flight and Long-Range Correlation Analysis of Earthquake Magnitudes in Chile; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Tectonic Settings.