Breaking into the plate: A 7.6 Mw fracture‐zone earthquake adjacent to the Central Indian Ridge

@article{Bohnenstiehl2004BreakingIT,
  title={Breaking into the plate: A 7.6 Mw fracture‐zone earthquake adjacent to the Central Indian Ridge},
  author={D. R. Bohnenstiehl and M. Tolstoy and Emily Chapp},
  journal={Geophysical Research Letters},
  year={2004},
  volume={31}
}
On 15 July 2003 an extremely large (7.6 Mw) strike‐slip earthquake initiated on or near the end of an active transform along the northern Central Indian Ridge. The event propagated away from the plate boundary along the typically inactive fracture zone, with a sense of slip that opposes the active transform slip direction. Seismically and hydroacoustically determined aftershock locations delineate a 210 ± 25 km long mainshock rupture. The seismic moment and rupture dimensions imply a stress… 
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