Hsu, Ya-Ju and Simons, Mark and Avouac, Jean-Philippe and Galetzka, John and Sieh, Kerry and Chlieh, Mohamed and Natawidjaja, Danny and Prawirodirdjo, Linette and Bock, Yehuda (2006) Frictional Afterslip Following the 2005 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake, Sumatra. Science, 312 (5782). pp. 1921-1926. ISSN 0036-8075. doi:10.1126/science.1126960. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101117-080409426
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Abstract
Continuously recording Global Positioning System stations near the 28 March 2005 rupture of the Sunda megathrust [moment magnitude (M_w) 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 the main rupture. Eleven months after the main shock, afterslip continues at rates several times the average interseismic rate, resulting in deformation equivalent to at least a M_w 8.2 earthquake. In general, along-strike variations in frictional behavior appear to persist over multiple earthquake cycles. Aftershocks cluster along the boundary between the region of coseismic slip and the up-dip creeping zone. We observe that the cumulative number of aftershocks increases linearly with postseismic displacements; this finding suggests that the temporal evolution of aftershocks is governed by afterslip.
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| Additional Information: | © 2006 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Received 2 March 2006; accepted 17 May 2006. Supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Indonesian International Joint Research Program (RUTI). We thank two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments, as well as R. W. Briggs, H. Perfettini, and A. J. Meltzner for valuable discussions. This is Caltech Tectonics Observatory contribution number 40 and Caltech Seismological Laboratory contribution number 9146. | |||||||||
| Group: | Caltech Tectonics Observatory, Caltech Tectonics Observatory. Sumatran Plate Boundary, Seismological Laboratory | |||||||||
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| Issue or Number: | 5782 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1126/science.1126960 | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 17 Nov 2010 19:11 | |||||||||
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