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The rupture behaviour of the subduction interface in the area of the 1787 earthquake involves occasional very large earthquakes, such as that in 1787, with smaller (M7) earthquakes rupturing just part of the plate boundary during the intervening period. Similar behaviour has been observed along the
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RamĂrez-Herrera, M.; Corona, N.; Cerny, J.; Castillo-Aja, R.; Melgar, D.; Lagos, M.; Goguitchaichvili, A.; Machain, M.; Vazquez-Caamal, M.; Ortuño, M.; Caballero, M.; Solano-Hernandez, E.; Ruiz-Fernández, A. (2020).
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261:aftershocks
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496:2015-05-31
351:References
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255:Earthquake
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69:Magnitude
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548:Bibcode
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471:Bibcode
394:26 July
294:Chiapas
288:Tsunami
181:tsunami
150:Tsunami
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