M7.3 windward islands
Posted by heartland chris on November 29, 2007 at 12:39:15:

There was a M7.3 deep quake near Martinique. The focal mechanism is not up yet, but it is a subduction zone and the quake is deep...so likely to be thrust...although sometimes there can be tension in the deep slab. It may be deep enough to not do a lot of damage...we shall see. If it ruptured upwards from the hypocenter part of the rupture area might be shallower, although if indeed a M7.3 subduction earthquake at 145 km or whatever, the size does not suggest it ruptured upwards that far.
Chris



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     ● Re: M7.3 windward islands - Glen  13:50:34 - 11/29/2007  (72955)  (1)
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