The 2021 Mw 5.6 Earthquake in the Guyana Shield, South America: An Intraplate Event with No Reason to Occur
In 31 January 2021, an Mw 5.6 earthquake occurred in the Guyana shield, causing damage to adobe houses and ground cracks. A four-station network, installed in March, showed a shallow (1–3 km) southeast–northwest-oriented reverse fault, consistent with global and regional Centroid Moment Tensor (CMT)...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Seismological Society of America
2025-06-01
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| Series: | The Seismic Record |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1785/0320250002 |
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