AUDIN , L.

The Colombia–Ecuador subduction zone is an exceptional natural laboratory to study the seismic cycle associated with large and great subduction earthquakes. Since the great 1906 Mw = 8.6 Colombia–Ecuador earthquake, four large Mw > 7.5 megathrust earthquakes occurred within the 1906 rupture area, releasing altogether a cumulative seismic moment...

Along the Chilean coast, peninsulas associated with bays seem to behave as a complex system. They act as barrier to propagation of megathrust earthquakes along strike. To better understand how such a system works from ocean side to more inland, we investigated the area between the Tongoy bay and the Altos de Talinay in northern Chile (∼30°S)....

The present study is focused on estimating the probabilistic seismic hazard for the capital city of Ecuador, Quito, the population of which currently exceeds 2 million inhabitants at present. Quito is located at 2800 meters above sea level within the Interandean Depression, bounded by the equatorial line to the north, in an earthquake‐prone...