Plate-boundary deformation associated with the great Sumatra–Andaman earthquake

• Main Authors: Subarya, Cecep, Chlieh, Mohamed, Prawirodirdjo, Linette, Avouac, Jean-Philippe, Bock, Yehuda, Sieh, Kerry, Meltzner, Aron J., Natawidjaja, Danny H., McCaffrey, Robert
• Format: Article
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94250; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8729
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Sumatra–Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004 is the first giant earthquake (moment magnitude Mw > 9.0) to have occurred since the advent of modern space-based geodesy and broadband seismology. It therefore provides an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the characteristic...