TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Reappraisal of great historical earthquakes in the northern Chile and southern Peru seismic gaps
JO  - Natural hazards
A1  - Comte, Diana
A1  - Pardo, Mario
SP  - 23
EP  - 44
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
N2  - A critical reappraisal of great historical interplate earthquakes in the occidental margin of South America, including southern Peru and northern Chile, is carried out. A spacetime distribution of the earthquakes associated to the seismotectonics regions defined by the rupture zones of the greatest events (1868, Mw = 8.8 and 1877, Mw = 8.8) is obtained. Both regions are seismic gaps that are in the maturity state of their respective earthquake cycles. The region associated to the 1868 earthquake presents a notable seismic quiescence in the present century.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0921-030X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00126557
ID  - ref1
ER  -