Sibling earthquakes generated within a persistent rupture barrier on the Sunda megathrust under Simeulue Island

• Main Authors: Morgan, Paul M., Feng, Lujia, Meltzner, Aron Jeffrey, Lindsey, Eric Ostrom, Tsang, Louisa Lok Hang, Hill, Emma Mary
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Fault morphology; Sumatran subduction zone
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86298; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43973
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A section of the Sunda megathrust underneath Simeulue is known to persistently halt rupture propagation of great earthquakes, including those in 2004 (Mw 9.2) and 2005 (Mw 8.6). Yet the same section generated large earthquakes in 2002 (Mw 7.3) and 2008 (Mw 7.4). To date, few studies have investigate...