Field observations of surface ruptures accompanying a tsunami and supershear earthquake along a plate boundary strike-slip fault

• Main Authors: Li, Chuanyou, Liu, Jinrui, Ma, Jun, Su, Gang, Lan, Jian, Li, Xinnan, Ren, Zhikun, Ran, Hongliu
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Strike-Slip Earthquake; Subduction Zone
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163739
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Strike-slip earthquakes near major subduction zones have received less attention than thrust or reverse earthquakes in subduction zone areas. The occurrence of the 2018 Palu Mw 7.5 earthquake in eastern Indonesia provides an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the characteristics of one of thes...