Continuing megathrust earthquake potential in Chile after the 2014 Iquique earthquake

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 512; no. 7514; pp. 295 - 298
• Main Authors: Hayes, Gavin P., Herman, Matthew W., Barnhart, William D., Furlong, Kevin P., Riquelme, Sebástian, Benz, Harley M., Bergman, Eric, Barrientos, Sergio, Earle, Paul S., Samsonov, Sergey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 21.08.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/2151/2809; 704/2151/508; 704/2151/562; Accretion disks; Aftershocks; Analysis; Chile; Earthquakes; Environmental aspects; Forecasts and trends; Humanities and Social Sciences; letter; multidisciplinary; Offshore; Science; Seismic activity; Seismology; Subduction zones (Geology); Tidal waves; Tsunamis; Chile

The 2014 Iquique event was not the earthquake that had been expected to fill the regional seismic gap; given that significant sections of the northern Chile subduction zone have not ruptured in almost 150 years, it is likely that future megathrust earthquakes will occur south and potentially north o...