Slip distribution of the February 6, 2023 Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.6, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey earthquake sequence in the East Anatolian Fault Zone

On February 6, 2023, two large earthquakes occurred near the Turkish town of Kahramanmaraş. The moment magnitude (Mw) 7.8 mainshock ruptured a 310 km-long segment of the left-lateral East Anatolian Fault, propagating through multiple releasing step-overs. The Mw 7.6 aftershock involved nearby left-...

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Main Authors: Sylvain Barbot, Heng Luo, Teng Wang, Yariv Hamiel, Oksana Piatibratova, Muhammad Tahir Javed, Carla Braitenberg, Gokhan Gurbuz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: McGill University 2023-04-01
Series:Seismica
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Online Access:https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/502