Implications for the geometry of plate boundaries in NE Asia based on the geodetic analysis of the 2020 M w 6.4 Koryak event

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Svigkas, Nikos, Atzori, Simone, Kozhurin, Andrey, Tolomei, Cristiano, Antonioli, Andrea, Pezzo, Giuseppe
• Other Authors: European Space Agency, JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, United States Geological Survey, Ministry of Economic Development
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2023
• Subjects: Geochemistry and Petrology; Geophysics; Bering Sea; Khatyrka; Vyvenka; Koryak
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad142; https://academic.oup.com/gji/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/gji/ggad142/49706700/ggad142.pdf; https://academic.oup.com/gji/article-pdf/234/2/1412/49912603/ggad142.pdf

SUMMARY On the 9th of January 2020, an Mw 6.4 strike-slip earthquake took place north of the Asian margin of the Bering Sea. The earthquake occurred within the known reverse-right-lateral active fault zone, called Khatyrka–Vyvenka, which transverses the Koryak Highland from SE to NW and is thought t...