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Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 M w 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand

Published:2017-04-14 Issue:6334 Volume:356 Page:
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Hamling Ian J.¹^ORCID,Hreinsdóttir Sigrún¹^ORCID,Clark Kate¹^ORCID,Elliott John²^ORCID,Liang Cunren³,Fielding Eric³^ORCID,Litchfield Nicola¹^ORCID,Villamor Pilar¹^ORCID,Wallace Laura¹⁴^ORCID,Wright Tim J.²^ORCID,D’Anastasio Elisabetta¹^ORCID,Bannister Stephen¹^ORCID,Burbidge David¹^ORCID,Denys Paul⁵^ORCID,Gentle Paula⁶^ORCID,Howarth Jamie¹^ORCID,Mueller Christof¹,Palmer Neville¹^ORCID,Pearson Chris⁵,Power William¹,Barnes Philip⁷,Barrell David J. A.¹^ORCID,Van Dissen Russ¹^ORCID,Langridge Robert¹^ORCID,Little Tim⁸,Nicol Andrew⁹,Pettinga Jarg⁹,Rowland Julie¹⁰,Stirling Mark¹¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

2. Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET), School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

3. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

4. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX 78758, USA.

5. School of Surveying, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

6. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Wellington, New Zealand.

7. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand.

8. School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.

9. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

10. School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

11. Geology Department, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Abstract

An earthquake with a dozen faults The 2016 moment magnitude ( M w ) 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake was one of the largest ever to hit New Zealand. Hamling et al. show with a new slip model that it was an incredibly complex event. Unlike most earthquakes, multiple faults ruptured to generate the ground shaking. A remarkable 12 faults ruptured overall, with the rupture jumping between faults located up to 15 km away from each other. The earthquake should motivate rethinking of certain seismic hazard models, which do not presently allow for this unusual complex rupture pattern. Science , this issue p. eaam7194

Funder

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Natural Environment Research Council

Royal Society

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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