Cascading partial rupture of the Flores Thrust during the 2018 Lombok earthquake sequence, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Salman, Rino, Lindsey, Eric Ostrom, Lythgoe, Karen H., Bradley, Kyle, Muzli, Muzli, Yun, Sang-Ho, Chin, Shi Tong, Tay, Cheryl Wen Jing, Costa, Fidel, Wei, Shengji, Hill, Emma Mary
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Earthquakes; InSAR
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143331; https://doi.org/10.21979/N9/2VXWWP
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A series of four Mw > 6 earthquakes struck the northern region of Lombok, eastern Indonesia, in a span of three weeks from late July to mid-August 2018. The series was thought to be associated with the Flores thrust, but the exact mechanism causing the unusual earthquake series has remained elusi...