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Expert: Earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan

Published: 18 April 2016

Earthquakes struck聽Japan聽and聽Ecuador聽just hours apart on Saturday April 16, 2016. Were the two earthquakes related?

,聽Department of聽Earth & Planetary Sciences, 捆绑SM社区

"In short, the Japanese and Ecuadorian earthquakes are quite different, in their tectonic setting and in the effects felt due to difference in construction age and quality in the two countries. Here is a plot to place these earthquakes in perspective. This plot came from , and I have updated it and added color."鈥擟hristie Rowe

She's interested in the processes which generate earthquakes and create ore deposits. Her聽research is rooted in observational field geology, and incorporate approaches from geology, petrology, geochemistry, and geophysics.

514-398-2769, christie [dot] rowe [at] mcgill [dot] ca (English)

Source for the plot: Ammon et. al (2010) Great earthquakes and global seismic networks, Seismological Research Letters, v. 81 n. 6 pp. 965-971.

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