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Toward understanding tectonic control on the Mw 8.8 2010 Maule Chile earthquake

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Moreno,  M.
3.1 Lithosphere Dynamics, 3.0 Geodynamics and Geomaterials, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;
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Melnick,  D.
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Rosenau,  Matthias
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Baez,  J.
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Klotz,  Juergen
1.1 GPS/GALILEO Earth Observation, 1.0 Geodesy and Remote Sensing, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;
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Oncken,  Onno
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Tassara,  A.
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Chen,  Jun
1.1 GPS/GALILEO Earth Observation, 1.0 Geodesy and Remote Sensing, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;
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Bataille,  K.
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Bevis,  M.
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Socquet,  A.
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Bolte,  J.
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Vigny,  C.
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Brooks,  B.
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Rider,  I.
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Grund,  V.
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Smalley,  B.
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Carrizo,  D.
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Bartsch,  Mitja
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Hase,  H.
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Moreno, M., Melnick, D., Rosenau, M., Baez, J., Klotz, J., Oncken, O., Tassara, A., Chen, J., Bataille, K., Bevis, M., Socquet, A., Bolte, J., Vigny, C., Brooks, B., Rider, I., Grund, V., Smalley, B., Carrizo, D., Bartsch, M., Hase, H. (2012): Toward understanding tectonic control on the Mw 8.8 2010 Maule Chile earthquake. - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 321-322, 152-165.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.006


Cite as: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_244648
Abstract
The Maule earthquake of 27th February 2010 (Mw=8.8) affected ~500 km of the Nazca-South America plate boundary in south-central Chile producing spectacular crustal deformation. Here, we present a detailed estimate of static coseismic surface offsets as measured by survey and continuous GPS, both in near- and farfield regions. Earthquake slip along the megathrust has been inferred from a joint inversion of our new data together with published GPS, InSAR, and land-level changes data using Green's functions generated by a spherical finite-element model with realistic subduction zone geometry. The combination of the data sets provided a good resolution, indicating that most of the slip was well resolved. Coseismic slip was concentrated north of the epicenter with up to 16 m of slip, whereas to the south it reached over 10m within two minor patches. A comparison of coseismic slip with the slip deficit accumulated since the last great earthquake in 1835 suggests that the 2010 event closed a mature seismic gap. Slip deficit distribution shows an apparent local overshoot that highlight cycle-to-cycle variability,which has to be taken into accountwhen anticipating future events from interseismic observations. Rupture propagation was obviously not affected by bathymetric features of the incoming plate. Instead, splay faults in the upper plate seem to have limited rupture propagation in the updip and along-strike directions. Additionally, we found that along-strike gradients in slip are spatially correlated with geometrical inflections of the megathrust. Our study suggests that persistent tectonic features may control strain accumulation and release along subduction megathrusts.