The Mw = 6.3, November 21, 2004, Les Saintes earthquake (Guadeloupe): Tectonic setting, slip model and static stress changes

• Main Authors: Jacques, E., Delouis, B., Bazin, S., Vallée, M., King, G. C. P., Feuillet, Nathalie, Beauducel, François, Tapponnier, Paul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95660; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8649
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

On November 21, 2004, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred offshore, 10 km south of Les Saintes archipelago in Guadeloupe (French West Indies). There were more than 30000 aftershocks recorded in the following two years, most of them at shallow depth near the islands of the archipelago. The main shock...