Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28.3729r&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 19, p. 3729-3732
Physics
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Seismology, Seismology: Earthquake Parameters, Seismology: Seismic Hazard Assessment And Prediction, Seismology: Seismicity And Seismotectonics
Scientific paper
A sequence of strong earthquakes was registered in 1999-2001 in the Kodiak Island region of the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone. Two MW 7 earthquakes occurred in December, 1999 and January, 2001 and an MW 6.5 event occurred in July, 2000. These events and their aftershocks recorded by the regional seismograph network were relocated using a Joint Hypocenter Determination (JHD) method. Regional broadband data were used to obtain seismic moment tensors for the main shocks and their largest aftershocks. Relocation and moment tensor inversion results indicate that these events originated inside the subducting Pacific plate. The focal mechanisms indicate down-dip tension with the fault planes being nearly vertical and parallel to the strike direction of the subducting plate. The 1999 and 2000 events were located down-dip of the locked portion of the megathrust, while the 2001 event was located directly beneath it.
Hansen Roger A.
Ratchkovski Natalia A.
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