Fast and reliable characterization of earthquakes can provide vital information to the population, even reducing the effects of strong shaking produced by them. In this study, we explore the minimum time required to estimate ...

Recent earthquakes in Chile, 2014, Mw 8.2 Iquique, 2015, Mw 8.3 Illapel and 2016, Mw 7.6 Chiloe have put in evidence some problems with the straightforward application of ideas about seismic gaps, earthquake periodicity ...

The seismic activity in Peru has its origin in the convergence process between the Nazca and the South American plates. Such convergence takes place at an average velocity on the order of 7–8  cm/yr (DeMets et al., 1980; ...

Large earthquakes in subduction zones harbor significant elastic strain accumulation duethe slip deficit (interseismic coupling), posing a major earthquake and tsunami threat tocoastal populated areas. Unlike regions that ...

The seismic activity in Peru has its origin in the convergence process between the Nazca and South American plates. Such convergence takes place at an average speed on the order of 7–8 cm/year (DeMets et al. 1980; Norabuena ...

Introduction: A model prepared by National Civil Defense (INDECI; Lima, Peru) estimated that an earthquake with an intensity of 8.0Mw in front of the central coast of Peru would result in 51,019 deaths and 686,105 injured ...

The rapid determination of its magnitude soon after a great earthquake is necessary for the issuing of effective tsunami warnings, as demonstrated in the great earthquake off Tohoku district in Japan on March 11, 2011. ...