Revised earthquake sources along Manila trench for tsunami hazard assessment in the South China Sea

• Main Authors: Qiu, Qiang, Li, Linlin, Hsu, Ya-Ju, Wang, Yu, Chan, Chung-Han, Switzer, Adam D.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Tsunami Hazard Assessments; South China Sea; Science::Geology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88933; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50467
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Seismogenic tsunami hazard assessments are highly dependent on the reliability of earthquake source models. Here in a study of the Manila subduction zone (MSZ) system, we combine the geological characteristics of the subducting plate, geometry, and coupling state of the subduction interface to propo...