T-wave propagation from the Pacific to the Atlantic: The 2020 Mw7.4 Kermadec Trench earthquake case

Oliveira, Tiago C. A.; Lin, Ying-Tsong; Kushida, Noriyuki; Jesus, Sergio; Nielsen, Peter

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17451

Use this identifier to reference this record.

Name:	Description:	Size:	Format:
T-wave propagation from the Pacific to the Atlantic.pdf		4.08 MB	Adobe PDF	Download

Send Feedback

Authors

Oliveira, Tiago C. A.

Abstract(s)

An Mw7.4 submarine earthquake occurred in the Kermadec Trench, northeast of New Zealand, on 18 June, 2020. This powerful earthquake triggered energetic tertiary waves (T-waves) that propagated through the South Pacific Ocean into the South Atlantic Ocean, where the T-waves were recorded by a hydrophone station near Ascension Island, 15 127 km away from the epicenter. Different T-wave arrivals were identified during the earthquake period with arrival angles deviating from the geodesic path. A three-dimensional sound propagation model has been utilized to investigate the cause of the deviation and confirm the horizontal diffraction of the T-waves at the Drake Passage. VC 2021 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). [Editor: Gopu R Potty]