Published October 21, 2012
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Journal Article
Human-induced shaking
- Creators
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Avouac, Jean-Philippe
Abstract
In 2011, a modest earthquake in southern Spain seriously damaged the city of Lorca. Analysis of surface deformation suggests that the quake was caused by rupture of a shallow fault patch brought closer to failure by the pumping of water from a nearby aquifer.
Additional Information
© 2012 Macmillan Publishers Limited. Published online: 21 October 2012.Additional details
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- 35847
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20121206-101046504
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2012-12-06Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-09Created from EPrint's last_modified field
- Caltech groups
- Seismological Laboratory, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences