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Slip Maps for Recent Large Earthquakes

The TO team is developing numerical models to estimate the location and amount of slip on an earthquake fault. We analyse all large earthquakes, as well smaller ones that occur in areas of special interest to the TO.

Click on an earthquake to see its magnitude and slip map.

  • Preliminary Seismological Model: With real-time access to global seismological network data (teleseismic records), we are able to generate slip maps of a fault within a couple of days of an earthquake. Such rapidly generated results are labeled "Preliminary Seismological Model." (See more details on our methodology)

  • Updated Model: In the days and months following an earthquake, when additional measurements have become available, such as Global Positioning System (GPS), ground deformation measurements using radar and optical images, and Accelerogram data, we combine these new data with the teleseismic records to generate more refined slip maps, which are labeled "Updated Model."

Contact: A. Sladen
Event Date Name/Location Preliminary
Seismological
Model
Updated
Model
2010 12 Jan (Mw=7.0) Haiti x  
2009 7 Oct (Mw=7.6) Vanuatu Islands x  
  30 Sep (Mw=7.6) Padang, Indonesia x  
         
2008 16 Nov (Mw=7.3) Sulawesi, Indonesia x  
  12 May (Mw=7.9) East Sichuan, China x  
  20 Feb (Mw=7.4) Simeulue, Indonesia x  
         
2007 14 Nov (Mw=7.7) Tocopilla, Chile x  
  12 Sep (Mw=7.9) Pagai island, Indonesia x x
  12 Sep (Mw=8.4) Benkulu, Indonesia x x
  15 Aug (Mw=8.0) Pisco, Peru x  
  13 Jan (Mw=8.1) Kuril Islands x  
         
2006 15 Dec (Mw=8.3) Kuril islands x  
  08 Oct (Mw=7.9) Southern Java, Indonesia x  
         
2005 12 Dec (Mw=7.6) Kashmir, Pakistan x x
  15 Jun (Mw=7.2) Northern California x  
  13 Jun (Mw 7.8) Tarapaca, Chile x  
  28 Mar (Mw=8.5) Sumatra, Indonesia #1  #2 x
         
2004 26 Dec (Mw=9.15) Sumatra-Andaman, Indonesia   #1
  15 Nov (Mw=7.1) Near W Coast of Colombia x  
  11 Nov (Mw=7.4) Kep Ulauan Alor, Indonesia x  
  28 Sep (Mw=5.9) Parkfield, CA x x
  05 Sep (Mw=7.1) Near S. Coast of Western Houshu, Japan x  
  07 Feb (Mw=7.3) Irian Jaya, Indonesia x  
         
2003 04 Aug (Mw=7.5) Scotia Island x  
  15 Jul (Mw=7.6) Carlsberg Ridge x  
         

Acknowledgements Methodology for Seismological Analysis COSI-Corr

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