Stress changes from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and increased hazard in the Sichuan basin

Tom Parsons (), Chen Ji and Eric Kirby
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Tom Parsons: US Geological Survey, MS-999, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Chen Ji: University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
Eric Kirby: Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA

Nature, 2008, vol. 454, issue 7203, 509-510

Abstract: Sichuan quake follow-up The damaging magnitude 7.9 earthquake that struck in Sichuan, China, on 12 May this year, will have dramatically rearranged the stresses in the crust in the region. In a paper published AOP on 6 July and covered in Nature's news pages two weeks ago (on page 148), Tom Parsons, Chen Ji and Eric Kirby report stress change calculations for the Sichuan basin and its surroundings that indicate significant stress increases on active strike–slip and thrust faults in the area. Aftershocks can follow years to decades after a triggering mainshock, and with several large cites situated above the active faults, the identification of potential future rupture zones will be if value in focusing mitigation efforts.

Date: 2008
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