Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2020)

Surface rupture and shallow fault reactivation during the 2019 Mw 4.9 Le Teil earthquake, France

  • Jean-François Ritz,
  • Stéphane Baize,
  • Matthieu Ferry,
  • Christophe Larroque,
  • Laurence Audin,
  • Bertrand Delouis,
  • Emmanuel Mathot

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-0012-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The 2019 Le Teil earthquake in southern France reactivated an existing fault and ruptured the surface, according to field, seismic and InSAR observations. The incredibly shallow hypocenter can explain the effects of the moderate Mw 4.9 event.