Rupture process of the 2010 Mw 7.8 Mentawai tsunami earthquake from joint inversion of near-field hr-GPS and teleseismic body wave recordings constrained by tsunami observations

• Main Authors: Yue, Han, Lay, Thorne, Rivera, Luis, Bai, Yefei, Yamazaki, Yoshiki, Cheung, Kwok Fai, Hill, Emma M., Sieh, Kerry, Kongko, Widjo, Muhari, Abdul
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105266; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20481
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The 25 October 2010 Mentawai tsunami earthquake (Mw 7.8) ruptured the shallow portion of the Sunda megathrust seaward of the Mentawai Islands, offshore of Sumatra, Indonesia, generating a strong tsunami that took 509 lives. The rupture zone was updip of those of the 12 September 2007 Mw 8.5 and 7.9...