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The 2013 Balochistan earthquake: An extraordinary or completely ordinary event?

Abstract:: The 2013 Balochistan earthquake, a predominantly strike-slip event, occurred on the arcuate Hoshab fault in the eastern Makran linking an area of mainly left-lateral shear in the east to one of shortening in the west. The difficulty of reconciling predominantly strike-slip motion with this shortening has led to a wide range of unconventional kinematic and dynamic models. Here we determine the vertical component of motion on the fault using a 1 m resolution elevation model derived from postearthquake Pleiades satellite imagery. We find a constant local ratio of vertical to horizontal slip through multiple past earthquakes, suggesting the kinematic style of the Hoshab fault has remained constant throughout the late Quaternary. We also find evidence for active faulting on a series of nearby, subparallel faults, showing that failure in large, distributed and rare earthquakes is the likely method of faulting across the eastern Makran, reconciling geodetic and long-term records of strain accumulation.

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Zhou, Y., Elliott, J., Parsons, B., & Walker, R. (2015). The 2013 Balochistan earthquake: An extraordinary or completely ordinary event? Geophysical Research Letters, 42(15), 6236–6243.

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Zhou, Y., et al. “The 2013 Balochistan Earthquake: An Extraordinary or Completely Ordinary Event?” Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 42, no. 15, 2015, pp. 6236–43.

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Zhou, Y., JR Elliott, B. Parsons, and RT Walker. 2015. “The 2013 Balochistan Earthquake: An Extraordinary or Completely Ordinary Event?” Geophysical Research Letters 42 (15): 6236–43.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Earth Sciences
Role:: Author

+ Elliott, JR More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Earth Sciences
Role:: Author

+ Parsons, B More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Earth Sciences
Role:: Author

+ Walker, RT More by this author

Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Earth Sciences
Role:: Author

+ University of Oxford More from this funder

Funding agency for:: Zhou, Y

+ Natural Environment Research Council More from this funder

Grant:: NE/K011006/1

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union
Journal:: Geophysical Research Letters More from this journal
Volume:: 42
Issue:: 15
Pages:: 6236-6243
Publication date:: 2015-08-04
Acceptance date:: 2015-07-10
DOI:: 10.1002/2015GL065096
EISSN:: 1944-8007
ISSN:: 0094-8276

Language:: English
Keywords:: 2013 Balochistan earthquake

Pleiades satellite imagery

active faulting

fault kinematics

Late Quaternary
Pubs id:: pubs:539482
UUID:: uuid:a0d4cf0e-0679-47c9-903e-f3b9c9f7c329
Local pid:: pubs:539482
Source identifiers:: 539482
Deposit date:: 2015-12-07
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_a0d4cf0e067947c9903ef3b9c9f7c329

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Copyright date:: 2015
Rights statement:: Copyright © 2015. American Geophysical Union.

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