The 2023 Mw 6.8 Morocco Earthquake: A Lower Crust Event Triggered by Mantle Upwelling?

Abstract A M6.8 earthquake struck the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco on 8 September 2023, ending a 63‐year seismic silence. We herein attempt to clarify the seismogenic fault and explore the underlying mechanism for this seismic event based on multiple data sets. Utilizing probabilistic Bayesian in...

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Main Authors: Kai Huang, Guoguang Wei, Kejie Chen, Naiqian Zhang, Mingjia Li, Luca Dal Zilio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-06-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109052
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