@article{fdi:010075647,
  title = {{T}he 2016 {M}-w 7.8 {P}edernales, {E}cuador, earthquake : rapid response deployment},
  author = {{M}eltzer, {A}. and {B}eck, {S}. and {R}uiz, {M}. and {H}oskins, {M}. and {S}oto-{C}ordero, {L}. and {S}tachnik, {J}. {C}. and {L}ynner, {C}. and {P}orritt, {R}. and {P}ortner, {D}. and {A}lvarado, {A}. and {H}ernandez, {S}. and {Y}epes, {H}. and {C}harvis, {P}hilippe and {F}ont, {Y}vonne and {R}{\'e}gnier, {M}arc and {A}gurto-{D}etzel, {H}. and {R}ietbrock, {A}. and {L}eon-{R}ios, {S}. and {M}ercerat, {E}. {D}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {A}pril 2016 {P}edernales earthquake ruptured a 100 km by 40 km segment of the subduction zone along the coast of {E}cuador in an {M}-w 7.8 megathrust event east of the intersection of the {C}arnegie ridge with the trench. {T}his portion of the subduction zone has ruptured on decadal time scales in similar size and larger earthquakes, and exhibits a range of slip behaviors, variations in segmentation, and degree of plate coupling along strike. {I}mmediately after the earthquake, an international rapid response effort coordinated by the {I}nstituto {G}eofisico at the {E}scuela {P}olitecnica {N}acional in {Q}uito deployed 55 seismometers and 10 ocean-bottom seismometers above the rupture zone and adjacent areas to record aftershocks. {I}n this article, we describe the details of the {U}.{S}. portion of the rapid response and present an earthquake cata-log from {M}ay 2016 to {M}ay 2017 produced using data recorded by these stations. {A}ftershocks focus in distinct clusters within and around the rupture area and match spatial patterns observed in long-term seismicity. {F}or the first two and a half months, aftershocks exhibit a relatively sharp cutoff to the north of the mainshock rupture. {I}n early {J}uly, an earthquake swarm occurred similar to 100 km to the northeast of the mainshock in the epicentral region of an {M}-w 7.8 earthquake in 1958. {I}n {D}ecember, an increase in seismicity occurred similar to 70 km to the northeast of the mainshock in the epicentral region of the 1906 earthquake. {D}ata from the {P}edernales earthquake and aftershock sequence recorded by permanent seismic and geodetic networks in {E}cuador and the dense aftershock deployment provide an opportunity to examine the persistence of asperities for large to great earthquakes over multiple seismic cycles, the role of asperities and slow slip in subduction-zone megathrust rupture, and the relationship between locked and creeping parts of the subduction interface.},
  keywords = {{EQUATEUR}: {PEDERNALES}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}eismological {R}esearch {L}etters},
  volume = {90},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {1346--1354},
  ISSN = {0895-0695},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1785/0220180364},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075647},
}