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Terremotos en Chile

Sergio Barrientos
26 Marzo 2012 UNESCO Workshop Santiago - Chile

Director Cientfico Servicio Sismolgico Universidad de Chile sbarrien@dgf.uchile.cl

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0-70 km 70-300 km 300-700 km

World Seismicity

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Marco Tectnico

Vigny, 2008
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Subduction Factory

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Seismogenic Sources in Chile


Shallow crustal

Prism Thrust

Outerise

Intraplate, Intermediate depth

fosa

costa

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Large Earthquakes in Chile


In general, one quake M >7 every 10 yr

Astroza and Ruiz (2010)


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Acelergrafos 27 Feb 2010

Ruiz et al. (2012)


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Rplicas

Lange et al (2012)

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Slip Distributions

Shao et al., UCSB

Sladen, Caltech

USGS

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Ruptura 2010 Chile

Eric Kiser, Harvard


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Crustal Deformation

CAP

Fault

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Coastal Uplift

Vargas et al. (2010)

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Crustal Deformation

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Vigny et al, 2011

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Vigny et al., 2011

Lorito et. al., 2011

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Generacin de Tsunamis

Accumulation of stresses

Overriding plate bulges under strain, causing uplift

Plate slips, causing subsidence and releasing energy into water.

displaces a large enough volume of water.

Tsunami
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