Leon-Rios S. auteur aut IRD Bie L. D. auteur aut IRD Agurto-Detzel H. auteur aut IRD Rietbrock A. auteur aut IRD Galve A. auteur aut IRD Alvarado A. auteur aut IRD Beck S. auteur aut IRD Charvis Philippe auteur aut IRD Font Yvonne auteur aut IRD Hidalgo S. auteur aut IRD Hoskins M. auteur aut IRD Laigle M. auteur aut IRD Oregioni D. auteur aut IRD Meltzer A. auteur aut IRD Ruiz M. auteur aut IRD Woollam J. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Based on manually analyzed waveforms recorded by the permanent Ecuadorian network and our large aftershock deployment installed after the Pedernales earthquake, we derive three-dimensional Vp and Vp/Vs structures and earthquake locations for central coastal Ecuador using local earthquake tomography. Images highlight the features in the subducting and overriding plates down to 35 km depth. Vp anomalies (similar to 4.5-7.5 km/s) show the roughness of the incoming oceanic crust (OC). Vp/Vs varies from similar to 1.75 to similar to 1.94, averaging a value of 1.82 consistent with terranes of oceanic nature. We identify a low Vp (similar to 5.5 km/s) region extending along strike, in the marine forearc. To the North, we relate this low Vp and Vp/Vs (<1.80) region to a subducted seamount that might be part of the Carnegie Ridge (CR). To the South, the low Vp region is associated with high Vp/Vs (>1.85) which we interpret as deeply fractured, probably hydrated OC caused by the CR being subducted. These features play an important role in controlling the seismic behavior of the margin. While subducted seamounts might contribute to the nucleation of intermediate megathrust earthquakes in the northern segment, the CR seems to be the main feature controlling the seismicity in the region by promoting creeping and slow slip events offshore that can be linked to the updip limit of large megathrust earthquakes in the northern segment and the absence of them in the southern region over the instrumental period. specialized aftershocks Ecuador megathrust earthquake seismic tomography subduction zone velocity structure EQUATEUR PEDERNALES 066 126 3 e2020JB020701 [21 p.] 2021 2169-9313 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081340 10.1029/2020jb020701 2169-9313 [F B010081340] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081340 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2021-06/010081340.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2021-06-15 2025-02-24 fdi:010081340 fre