Aseismic slip as a barrier to earthquake propagation
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 11:03
in Earth & Climate
On August 15, 2007, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck in Central Peru, killing more than 500 people - primarily in the town of Pisco, which was heavily damaged by the temblor - and triggering a tsunami that flooded Pisco's shore and parts of Lima's Costa Verde highway. The rupture occurred as the Nazca tectonic plate slipped underneath the South American plate in what is known as a subduction zone...