Assessing the Risk of Potential Tsunamigenic Earthquakes in the Mentawai Region by Seismic Imaging, Central Sumatra

Abstract In the marginal regions along subduction zones, oceanic plates subducting beneath continental plates produce the largest number of earthquakes on Earth and sometimes devastating tsunamis. The lateral segmentation of earthquakes along the Sumatra subduction zone is well documented. However,...

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Main Authors: Yanfang Qin, Jian Chen, Satish C. Singh, Nugroho Hananto, Helene Carton, Paul Tapponnier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-05-01
Series:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GC011149