The 2010-2011 South Rigan (Baluchestan) earthquake sequence and its implications for distributed deformation and earthquake hazard in southeast Iran

We investigate the source processes and tectonic significance of two earthquakes that occurred on 2010 December 20 (Mw 6.5) and 2011 January 27 (Mw 6.2) within a desert region south of the town of Rigan, SE Iran. The two earthquakes, which we refer to as the South Rigan events, occurred close to one...

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Main Authors: Walker, R, Bergman, E, Elliott, J, Fielding, E, Ghods, A, Ghoraishi, M, Jackson, J, Nazari, H, Nemati, M, Oveisi, B, Walters, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013