The 23 June 2014 Mw 7.9 Rat Islands archipelago, Alaska, intermediate depth earthquake

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Ye, Lingling, Lay, Thorne, Kanamori, Hiroo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2014
• Subjects: Pacific; Rat Islands; Archipelago; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50837/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50837/1/grl52125.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50837/7/Readme_YLK.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50837/13/YLK_Animation1.QT.mov; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50837/14/FigS1_BP.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50837/15/FigS2_Waves.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50837/24/FigS3_dip.model.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50837/32/FigS4_waveforms.dip.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50837/33/Fig.S5_ashock.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/50837/34/FigS6_waveforms.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141027-100738868

On 23 June 2014, the largest intermediate depth earthquake (M_w 7.9) of the last 100 years ruptured within the subducting Pacific plate about 100 km below the Rat Islands archipelago of the Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The unusual faulting orientation, strike = 206°, dip = 24°, and rake = −14°,...