Coseismic displacement, bilateral rupture, and structural characteristics at the southern end of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake rupture, central Taiwan

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research Vol. 116; no. B7
• Main Authors: Lee, Yuan-Hsi, Shih, Yi-Xiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2011
• Subjects: bilateral rupture; Chelungpu fault; Chi-Chi earthquake; cosesimic displacement; Tachienshan fault

The 1999 Chi‐Chi earthquake (Mw 7.6) was due to slip along the Chelungpu fault: a major N striking thrust fault in the fold‐thrust belt of western Taiwan. The surface rupture extends over 100 km in a N‐S trend with NW trending horizontal displacement increasing from 2 to 10 m from south to north. Th...