Gradual unlocking of plate boundary controlled initiation of the 2014 Iquique earthquake

Bernd Schurr (), Günter Asch, Sebastian Hainzl, Jonathan Bedford, Andreas Hoechner, Mauro Palo, Rongjiang Wang, Marcos Moreno, Mitja Bartsch, Yong Zhang, Onno Oncken, Frederik Tilmann, Torsten Dahm, Pia Victor, Sergio Barrientos and Jean-Pierre Vilotte
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Bernd Schurr: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Günter Asch: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Sebastian Hainzl: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Jonathan Bedford: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Andreas Hoechner: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Mauro Palo: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Rongjiang Wang: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Marcos Moreno: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Mitja Bartsch: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Yong Zhang: School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Onno Oncken: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Frederik Tilmann: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Torsten Dahm: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Pia Victor: GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Sergio Barrientos: Centro Sismológico National, Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Blanco Encalada 2002, Santiago, Chile
Jean-Pierre Vilotte: Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 1, rue Jussieu, 75238 Paris cedex 05, France

Nature, 2014, vol. 512, issue 7514, 299-302

Abstract: A long foreshock series unlocked the South American plate boundary until eventually initiating the M 8.1 Iquique, Chile, earthquake.

Date: 2014
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