Tag Archives: Chile

Friday focal mechanisms: Chile’s persistent seismic gap

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Chris Rowan

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that shook Chile in February 2010 occurred within a seismic gap – but new research suggests that it did not fill it. Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, focal mechanisms, geohazards

Friday focal mechanisms

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Chris Rowan

A brief summary of the past two week’s significant earthquakes, and their tectonic context. Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geophysics