Complex multifault rupture during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand

IJ Hamling, S Hreinsdóttir, K Clark, J Elliott, C Liang… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION On 14 November 2016 (local time), northeastern South Island of New
Zealand was struck by a major moment magnitude (M w) 7.8 earthquake. The Kaikōura …

Transpressional Rupture Cascade of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake, New Zealand

W Xu, G Feng, L Meng, A Zhang… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Large earthquakes often do not occur on a simple planar fault but involve rupture of multiple
geometrically complex faults. The 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand …

Complex rupture process of the Mw 7.8, 2016, Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand, and its aftershock sequence

S Cesca, Y Zhang, V Mouslopoulou, R Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The M7. 8 Kaikoura Earthquake that struck the northeastern South Island, New
Zealand, on November 14, 2016 (local time), is one of the largest ever instrumentally …

Long-period analysis of the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake

Z Duputel, L Rivera - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The recent M w= 7.8 Kaikoura (New Zealand) earthquake involved a remarkably
complex rupture propagating in an intricate network of faults at the transition between the …

Triggered slow slip and afterslip on the southern Hikurangi subduction zone following the Kaikōura earthquake

LM Wallace, S Hreinsdóttir, S Ellis… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2016 MW7. 8 Kaikōura earthquake ruptured a complex sequence of strike‐slip
and reverse faults in New Zealand's northeastern South Island. In the months following the …

The 2016 Kaikōura, New Zealand, earthquake: preliminary seismological report

A Kaiser, N Balfour, B Fry, C Holden… - Seismological …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The 2016 M w 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake continued a notable decade of
damaging earthquake impacts in New Zealand. The effects were wide ranging across the …

Surface Rupture of Multiple Crustal Faults in the 2016  7.8 Kaikōura, New Zealand, Earthquake

NJ Litchfield, P Villamor… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Multiple (> 20) crustal faults ruptured to the ground surface and seafloor in the 14
November 2016 M w 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, and many have been documented in detail …

The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake revealed by kinematic source inversion and seismic wavefield simulations: Slow rupture propagation on a geometrically complex …

C Holden, Y Kaneko, E D'Anastasio… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2016 Kaikōura (New Zealand) earthquake generated large ground motions
and resulted in multiple onshore and offshore fault ruptures, a profusion of triggered …

Dynamically triggered slip on a splay fault in the Mw 7.8, 2016 Kaikoura (New Zealand) earthquake

J Hollingsworth, L Ye, JP Avouac - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We investigate the Mw 7.8, 2016 Kaikoura (New Zealand) earthquake by using
optical satellite imagery and seismology to reveal the main features of the rupture process …

Dynamic Rupture Simulation Reproduces Spontaneous Multifault Rupture and Arrest During the 2016 Mw 7.9 Kaikoura Earthquake

R Ando, Y Kaneko - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2016 Kaikoura (New Zealand) earthquake is characterized as one of the most
complex multifault rupture events ever observed. We perform dynamic rupture simulations to …