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SUBMITTER: Stramondo S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3216583 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stramondo Salvatore S Kyriakopoulos Christodoulos C Bignami Christian C Chini Marco M Melini Daniele D Moro Marco M Picchiani Matteo M Saroli Michele M Boschi Enzo E
Scientific reports 20110922
We have investigated the possible cause-and-effect relationship due to stress transfer between two earthquakes that occurred near Christchurch, New Zealand, in September 2010 and in February 2011. The Mw 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) event took place along a previously unrecognized fault. The Mw 6.3 Christchurch earthquake, generated by a thrust fault, occurred approximately five months later, 6 km south-east of Christchurch's city center. We have first measured the surface displacement field to ret ...[more]