Benavente C. auteur aut IRD Wimpenny S. auteur aut IRD Rosell L. auteur aut IRD Robert Xavier auteur aut IRD Palomino A. auteur aut IRD Audin Laurence auteur aut IRD Aguirre E. auteur aut IRD Garcia B. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access We present the results of a paleoseismic survey of the Incapuquio Fault System, a prominent transpressional fault system cutting the forearc of South Peru. High-resolution Digital Elevation Models, optical satellite imagery, radiocarbon dating, and paleoseismic trenching indicate that at least 2-3 m of net slip occurred on the Incapuquio Fault generating a complex, similar to 100-km long set of segmented fault scarps in the early 15th century (similar to 1400-1440 CE). We interpret the consistent along-strike pattern of fault scarp heights, geometries and kinematics to reflect a surface rupture generated by a single M-w 7.4-7.7 earthquake, suggesting that brittle failure of the forearc poses a significant, yet mostly overlooked, seismic hazard to the communities in coastal areas of Peru. The timing of this earthquake coincides with the collapse of the Chiribaya civilization in similar to 1360-1400 CE, and we present evidence of damaged buildings along the fault trace that may be of Chiribayas age. Our surface faulting observations, when combined with observations of deformation in the forearc from geodesy and seismology, also demonstrate that the forearc in South Peru experiences a complex, time-varying pattern of permanent strain, with evidence for trench-parallel shortening, trench-parallel extension, and trench-perpendicular shortening all in close proximity but in different periods of the megathrust earthquake cycle. The kinematics of recent slip on the Incapuquio Fault are consistent with the sense of interseismic strain within the forearc measured by GPS, suggesting the fault is loaded toward failure between megathrust earthquakes. specialized active tectonics earthquake ruptures palaeoseismology Peruvian Forearc pre-hispanic earthquake transpressional tectonics PEROU 064 066 40 6 e2020TC006479 [24 ] 2021 0278-7407 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010082230 10.1029/2020tc006479 0278-7407 [F B010082230] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010082230 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2021-08/010082230.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2021-08-31 2025-02-24 fdi:010082230 fre