The role of frontal thrusts in tsunami earthquake generation

• Main Authors: Felix, Raquel P., Hubbard, Judith, Moore, James Daniel Paul, Switzer, Adam D.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Structural Vergence; Landward Vergence
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164129
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The frontal sections of subduction zones are the source of a poorly understood hazard: “tsunami earthquakes,” which generate larger-than-expected tsunamis given their seismic shaking. Slip on frontal thrusts is considered to be the cause of increased wave heights in these earthquakes, but the impact...