Interim Report on Studies of the Mw ~7.9 Earthquake of 3 May 2006, Kingdom of Tonga

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dc.creatorCummins, Phil
dc.creatorWhatman, James
dc.creatorLahtinen, Anna-Lisa
dc.creatorBeavan, John
dc.creatorWallace, Laura
dc.creatorWiens, Douglas
dc.creatorShore, Patrick
dc.creatorHeeszel, David
dc.creatorBevis, Michael G.
dc.creatorKendrick, Eric
dc.creatorTaylor, Frederick W.
dc.creatorMalolo, Tevita
dc.creatorMafi, Kelepi
dc.creatorNonu, Sione
dc.creatorFatai, Tevita
dc.creatorMoala, ‘Apai
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-13T14:17:49Z
dc.date.available2018-06-13T14:17:49Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-10
dc.descriptionThe very large and rare Mw ~7.9 Earthquake of 3 May 2006 in the Kingdom of Tonga aroused great interest among both Tongan scientists and their colleagues in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. To investigate the earthquake we formed a collaborative research group of scientists from Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, and the United States. We brought in seven seismographs from Australia and the US to supplement the three-station network already in Tonga and eight GPS receivers primarily for the islands west of the earthquake epicenter. In addition, we made coastal observations to determine the regional pattern of subsidence associated with the earthquake. The GPS instruments can measure horizontal and vertical motion quite precisely, but only after the earthquake from the time of deployment onward, except for some sites on Tongatapu, Vava’u, and Lifuka that had been occupied by GPS receivers in the past. This report describes our efforts.
dc.description.departmentInstitute for Geophysics
dc.description.sponsorshipMinistry of Lands and Survey, Kingdom of Tonga
dc.description.sponsorshipGeoscience Australia
dc.description.sponsorshipGeological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Science Foundation, U.S.A.
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2F47HB6Q
dc.identifier.citationCummins, P., Whatman, J., Lahtinen, A.-L., Beavan, J., Wallace, L., Wiens, D., Shore, P., Heeszel, D., Bevis, M.G., Kendrick, E., Taylor, F.W., Malolo, T., Mafi, K., Nonu, S., Fatai, T., Moala, A., and others. "Interim Report on Studies of the Mw ~7.9 Earthquake of 3 May 2006, Kingdom of Tonga." University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 204 (2007), 19p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/65404
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInstitute for Geophysics
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Reports
dc.rights.restrictionOpen
dc.subjectTonga
dc.subjectearthquake
dc.subjecthazard
dc.subjectGPS
dc.titleInterim Report on Studies of the Mw ~7.9 Earthquake of 3 May 2006, Kingdom of Tonga
dc.typeReport

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