Piecemeal Rupture of the Mentawai Patch, Sumatra : The 2008 Mw 7.2 North Pagai Earthquake Sequence

• Main Authors: Salman, Rino, Hill, Emma Mary, Feng, Lujia, Lindsey, Eric Ostrom, Mele Veedu, Deepa, Barbot, Sylvain, Banerjee, Paramesh, Hermawan, Iwan, Natawidjaja, Danny H.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: 2008 Earthquake; Afterslip
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88585; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44680; https://doi.org/10.21979/N9/ROC8IB
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The 25 February 2008 Mw 7.2 North Pagai earthquake partially ruptured the middle section of the Mentawai patch of the Sunda megathrust, offshore Sumatra. The patch has been forecast to generate a great earthquake in the next few decades. However, in the current cycle the patch has so far broken in a...