Browsing by Author "Hayes, Gavin P."

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    • Continuing megathrust earthquake potential in Chile after the 2014 Iquique earthquake 
      Hayes, Gavin P.; Herman, Matthew W.; Barnhart, William D.; Furlong, Kevin P.; Riquelme Muñoz, Sebastián; Benz, Harley M.; Bergman, Eric; Barrientos, Sergio; Earle, Paul S.; Samsonov, Sergey (Macmillan Publishers, 2014)
      The seismic gap theory 1 identifies regions of elevated hazard based on a lack of recent seismicity in comparison with other portions of a fault. It has successfully explained past earthquakes (see, for example, ref. ...
    • A rapid estimation of near-field tsunami runup 
      Riquelme Muñoz, Sebastián; Fuentes Serrano, Mauricio; Hayes, Gavin P.; Campos Muñoz, Jaime (Amer Geophysical Union, 2015)
      Many efforts have been made to quickly estimate the maximum runup height of tsunamis associated with large earthquakes. This is a difficult task because of the time it takes to construct an accurate tsunami model using ...
    • Seismological analyses of the 2010 March 11, Pichilemu, Chile Mw 7.0 and Mw 6.9 coastal intraplate earthquakes 
      Ruiz Paredes, Javier; Hayes, Gavin P.; Carrizo Santiago, Daniel; Kanamori, Hiroo; Socquet, Anne; Comte Selman, Diana (Oxford University Press, 2014)
      On 2010 March 11, a sequence of large, shallow continental crust earthquakes shook central Chile. Two normal faulting events with magnitudes around Mw 7.0 and Mw 6.9 occurred just 15 min apart, located near the town of ...