The Ecuadorian forearc is a complex region of accreted terranes with a history of largemegathrust earthquakes. Most recently, aMw7.8 megathrust earthquake ruptured the plateboundary offshore of Pedernales, Ecuador on 16 April 2016. Following this event, an inter-national collaboration arranged by the Instituto Geofisico at the...
-
September 1, 2020 (v1)Journal articleUploaded on: December 3, 2022
-
December 9, 2019 (v1)Publication
International audience
Uploaded on: December 4, 2022 -
March 1, 2020 (v1)Journal article
The Ecuadorian convergent margin has experienced many large mega-thrust earthquakes in the past century, beginning with a 1906 event that propagated along as much as 500 km of the plate interface. Many subsections of the 1906 rupture area have subsequently produced Mw ≥ 7.7 events, culminating in the 16 April 2016, Mw 7.8 Pedernales earthquake....
Uploaded on: December 4, 2022