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 ISC Event Agency     Origin time         Lat     Lon Depth       Magnitude   Article_total      Event code
  16957884    ISC 1906-01-31 15:36:10    0.95  -79.37  20.0   Ms(ISC) = 8.2              43 ECUADOR-COLOMBIA1906

Wirth, E.A., Sahakian, V.J., Wallace, L.M. and Melnick, D., 2022. The occurrence and hazards of great subduction zone earthquakes, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3, 2, 125-140, DOI: 10.1038/s43017-021-00245-w

Mariniere, J., Beauval, C., Nocquet, J., Chlieh, M. and Yepes, H., 2021. Earthquake recurrence model for the Colombia–Ecuador subduction zone constrained from seismic and geodetic data, implication for PSHA, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 111, 3, 1508-1528, DOI: 10.1785/0120200338

Di Giacomo, D. and Sarabia, A.M., 2021. Use of macroseismic and instrumental data to reassess earthquake locations: Examples from pre-digital earthquakes in Colombia, J. South Amer. Earth Sci., 111, 103467, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103467

Yamanaka, Y. and Tanioka, Y., 2021. Study on the 1906 Colombia-Ecuador megathrust earthquake based on tsunami waveforms observed at tide gauges: release variation of accumulated slip-deficits in the source area, J. geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 126, 5, e2020JB021375, DOI: 10.1029/2020JB021375

Wang, Y., Zamora, N., Quiroz, M., Satake, K. and Cienfuegos, R., 2021. Tsunami resonance characterization in Japan due to trans-pacific sources: Response on the Bay and Continental Shelf, J. geophys. Res.: Oceans, 126, 6, e2020JC017037, DOI: 10.1029/2020JC017037

Pulido, N., Yoshimoto, M. and Sarabia, A.M., 2020. Broadband wavelength slip model of the 1906 Ecuador-Colombia megathrust-earthquake based on seismic intensity and tsunami data, Tectonophysics, 774, 228226, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2019.228226

Yamanaka, Y. and Tanioka, Y., 2018. Large amplification of the 1906 Colombia–Ecuador earthquake tsunami in Hilo Bay induced by bay-scale resonance, Geophys. J. Int., 214, 3, 1937-1946, DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggy244

Yamanaka, Y., Tanioka, Y. and Shiina, T., 2017. A long source area of the 1906 Colombia-Ecuador earthquake estimated from observed tsunami waveforms, Earth Planets Space, 69, 163, DOI: 10.1186/s40623-017-0750-z

Chunga, K., Toulkeridis, T., Vera-Grunauer, X., Gutierrez, M., Cahuana, N. and Alvarez, A., 2017. Review of earthquakes and tsunami records and characterization of capable faults on the northwestern coast of Ecuador, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 36, 3, 100-127.

Espinosa, F.R., Toulkeridis, T., Martínez, R.S., Girón, J.C., Quispe, A.T., Quiñonez, L.V., Almeida, O.P., Mato, F., D’Howitt, M.C., Parra, H., Sandova, W. and Rentería, W., 2017. Economic evaluation of recovering natural protection with concurrent relocation of the population threatened by tsunami hazards in central costal Ecuador, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 36, 4, 293-306.

Pararas-Carayannis, G. and Zoll, P., 2017. Incipient evaluation of temporal El Nino and other climatic anomalies in triggering earthquakes and tsunamis – Case Study: The earthquake and tsunami of 16th April 2016 in Ecuador, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 36, 4, 262-291.

Toulkeridis, T., Chunga, K., Rentería, W., Rodriguez, F., Mato, F., Nikolaou, S., D’Howitt, M.C., Besenzon, D., Ruiz, H., Parra, H. and Vera-Grunauer, X., 2017. The 7.8 Mw earthquake and tsunami of 16th April 2016 in Ecuador: Seismic evaluation, geological field survey and economic implications, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 36, 4, 197-242.

Ye, L., Kanamori, H., Avouac, J.-P., Li, L., Cheung, K.F. and Lay, T., 2017. Corrigendum to “The 16 April 2016, MW 7.8 (MS 7.5) Ecuador earthquake: A quasi-repeat of the 1942 MS 7.5 earthquake and partial re-rupture of the 1906 MS 8.6 Colombia–Ecuador earthquake”, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 458, 442-443, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.11.015

Yoshimoto, M., Kumagai, H., Acero, W., Ponce, G., Vasconez, F., Arrais, S., Ruiz, M., Alvarado, A., Pedraza García, P., Dionicio, V., Chamorro, O., Maeda, Y. and Nakano, M., 2017. Depth-dependent rupture mode along the Ecuador-Colombia subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 5, 2203-2210, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071929

Tsuzuki, M., Koyama, J., Gusman, A.R. and Yomogida, K., 2017. Re-evaluation of earthquake and tsunami magnitudes of the 1906 Great Ecuador-Colombia earthquake, Zisin, 69, 87-98, DOI: 10.4294/zisin.69.87

Mayorga, E.F. and Sánchez, J.J., 2016. Modelling of Coulomb stress changes during the great (Mw = 8.8) 1906 Colombia-Ecuador earthquake, J. South Amer. Earth Sci., 70, 268-278, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2016.05.009

Ye, L., Kanamori, H., Avouac, J.-P., Li, L., Cheung, K.F. and Lay, T., 2016. The 16 April 2016, MW 7.8 (MS 7.5) Ecuador earthquake: A quasi-repeat of the 1942 MS 7.5 earthquake and partial re-rupture of the 1906 MS 8.6 Colombia–Ecuador earthquake, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 454, 248-258, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.006

Font, Y., Segovia, M., Vaca, S. and Theunissen, T., 2013. Seismicity patterns along the Ecuadorian subduction zone: new constraints from earthquake location in a 3-D a priori velocity model, Geophys. J. Int., 193, 1, 263-286, DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs083

Alvarez-Gomez, J.A., Aniel-Quiroga, I., Gutierrez-Gutierrez, O.Q., Larreynaga, J., Gonzalez, M., Castro, M., Gavidia, F., Aguirre-Ayerbe, I., Gonzalez-Riancho, P. and Carreno, E., 2013. Tsunami hazard assessment in El Salvador, Central America, from seismic sources through flooding numerical models, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 11, 2927-2939, DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-2927-2013

Rajendran, K., 2013. On the recurrence of great subduction zone earthquakes, Curr. Sci., 104, 7, 880-893.

Pararas-Carayannis, G., 2012. Potential of tsunami generation along the Colombia/Ecuador subduction margin and the Dolores-Guayaquil mega-thrust, Science of Tsunami Hazards, 31, 3, 209-230.

McCaffrey, R., 1993. On the role of the upper plate in great subduction zone earthquakes, J. geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 98, B7, 11953-11966, DOI: 10.1029/93JB00445

Okal, E.A., 1992. Use of the mantle magnitude Mm for the reassessment of the moment of historical earthquakes. I: shallow events, Pure appl. Geophys., 139, 1, 17-57, DOI: 10.1007/BF00876825

Rundle, J.B. and Kanamori, H., 1987. Application of an inhomogeneous stress (patch) model to complex subduction zone earthquakes: A discrete interaction matrix approach, J. geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 92, B3, 2606-2616, DOI: 10.1029/JB092iB03p02606

Kanamori, H., 1986. Rupture Process of Subduction-Zone Earthquakes, Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 14, 1, 293-322, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ea.14.050186.001453

Beck, S.L. and Ruff, L.J., 1984. The rupture process of the great 1979 Colombia earthquake: evidence for the asperity model, J. geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 89, B11, 9281-9291, DOI: 10.1029/JB089iB11p09281

Abe, K. and Noguchi, S., 1983. Determination of magnitude for large shallow earthquakes 1898-1917, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 32, 1, 45-59, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(83)90077-8

Abe, K. and Noguchi, S., 1983. Revision of magnitudes of large shallow earthquakes, 1897-1912, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 33, 1, 1-11, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(83)90002-x

Lay, T., Kanamori, H. and Ruff, L., 1982. The asperity model and the nature of large subduction zone earthquake occurrence, Earthq. Predict. Res. 1, 3-73.

Kanamori, H. and McNally, K.C., 1982. Variable rupture model of the subduction zone along the Ecuador-Colombia coast, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 72, 4, 1241-1253, DOI: 10.1785/BSSA0720041241

Abe, K., 1981. Magnitudes of large shallow earthquakes from 1904 to 1980, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 27, 1, 72-92, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(81)90088-1

Wang, S.C., 1981. Tectonic implications of global seismicity studies, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University .

Ruff, L.J. and Kanamori, H., 1980. Seismicity and the subduction process, Phys. Earth planet. Interiors, 23, 3, 240-252, DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90117-X

Kanamori, H., 1980. The state of stress in the Earth's lithosphere, in Dziewonski, A.M., and Boschi, E., eds., Physics of the Earth`s Interior: Amsterdam, North-Holland 531-554.

Kanamori, H. and Abe, K., 1979. Reevaluation of the turn-of-the-century seismicity peak, J. geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 84, B11, 6131-6139, DOI: 10.1029/JB084iB11p06131

Uyeda, S. and Kanamori, H., 1979. Back-arc opening and the mode of subduction, J. geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 84, B3, 1049-1061, DOI: 10.1029/JB084iB03p01049

Abe, K., 1979. Size of great earthquakes of 1837–1974 inferred from tsunami data, J. geophys. Res.: Solid Earth, 84, B4, 1561-1568, DOI: 10.1029/JB084iB04p01561

Kanamori, H., 1978. Quantification of great earthquakes, Tectonophysics, 49, 3–4, 207-212, DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(78)90179-8

Kanamori, H., 1977. The energy release in great earthquakes, J. geophys. Res., 82, 20, 2981-2987, DOI: 10.1029/JB082i020p02981

Geller, R.J. and Kanamori, H., 1977. Magnitudes of great shallow earthquakes from 1904 to 1952, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 67, 3, 587-598, DOI: 10.1785/BSSA0670030587

Kelleher, J.A., 1972. Rupture zones of large South American earthquakes and some predictions, J. geophys. Res., 77, 11, 2087-2103, DOI: 10.1029/JB077i011p02087

Berninghausen, W.H., 1962. Tsunamis reported from the west coast of South America 1562-1960, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 52, 4, 915-921, DOI: 10.1785/BSSA0520040915

Heck, N.H., 1947. List of seismic sea waves, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 37, 4, 269-286, DOI: 10.1785/BSSA0370040269


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