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InSAR imaging of displacement on flexural‐slip faults triggered by the 2013 Mw 6.6 Lake Grassmere earthquake, central New Zealand
Author(s) -
Kaneko Y.,
Hamling I. J.,
Van Dissen R. J.,
Motagh M.,
Samsonov S. V.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1002/2014gl062767
Subject(s) - slip (aerodynamics) , geology , interferometric synthetic aperture radar , seismology , episodic tremor and slip , epicenter , flexural strength , geodesy , synthetic aperture radar , subduction , tectonics , remote sensing , physics , thermodynamics
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data reveal surface slip on multiple faults triggered by the 2013 M w 6.6 Lake Grassmere earthquake, New Zealand. Surface offsets of 1–2 cm occurred on previously inferred flexural‐slip faults located ∼4 km from the epicenter. We document dip slip on at least three different northeast striking, northwest dipping, flexural‐slip faults located in the western limb of a syncline. The along‐strike extent of the triggered slip is 1–1.5 km for each fault. Dislocation models suggest that triggered slip is confined to shallow depths (∼800 m). Coulomb stress analysis indicates that slip was not triggered by the static stress change of the main shock but was likely caused by dynamic shaking during the passage of seismic waves. Our finding also provides an important clue on how some slip on shallow flexural‐slip faults takes place.