2017 Valparaíso earthquake sequence and the megathrust patchwork of central Chile
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Nealy, Jennifer L.
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2017 Valparaíso earthquake sequence and the megathrust patchwork of central Chile
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In April 2017, a sequence of earthquakes offshore Valparaiso, Chile, raised concerns of a potential megathrust earthquake in the near future. The largest event in the 2017 sequence was a M6.9 on 24 April, seemingly colocated with the last great-sized earthquake in the region-a M8.0 in March 1985. The history of large earthquakes in this region shows significant variation in rupture size and extent, typically highlighted by a juxtaposition of large ruptures interspersed with smaller magnitude sequences. We show that the 2017 sequence ruptured an area between the two main slip patches during the 1985 earthquake, rerupturing a patch that had previously slipped during the October 1973 M6.5 earthquake sequence. A significant gap in historic ruptures exists directly to the south of the 2017 sequence, with large enough moment deficit to host a great-sized earthquake in the near future, if it is locked.
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Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (17): 8865–8872
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