Seismicity and seismically active faulting of Guatemala: A review

M Guzman-Speziale, E Molina - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
We present a review of the main sources of seismicity of Guatemala. The largest seismically
active faults are related to the transform, left-lateral, North America-Caribbean plate …

GPS constraints on deformation in northern Central America from 1999 to 2017, Part 2: Block rotations and fault slip rates, fault locking and distributed deformation

A Ellis, C DeMets, R McCaffrey, P Briole… - Geophysical Journal …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We describe a new elastic-kinematic model for the present tectonics of northern Central
America and southern Mexico, where the Motagua-Polochic fault zone, Middle America …

An integrated structural and GPS study of the Jalpatagua fault, southeastern Guatemala

B Garnier, B Tikoff, O Flores, B Jicha… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Jalpatagua fault in Guatemala accommodates dextral movement of the Central
America forearc. We present new global positioning system (GPS) data, minor fault analysis …

The geodetic signature of bookshelf faulting in Nicaragua

M Higgins, PC La Femina, AJ Saballos, H Geirsson… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Trench‐parallel translation of the Central American Forearc (CAFA) is the result of strain
partitioning along the Cocos and Caribbean (CA) convergent margin. Unlike the tectonics of …

Active faults of El Salvador

JJ Martínez-Díaz, JA Álvarez-Gómez, A Staller… - Journal of South …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work we present a review of the current state of knowledge of the active faults in El
Salvador and its seismo-tectonic implications. An updated map of active fault traces is …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonic deformation in El Salvador from combined InSAR and GNSS data

J Portela, A Staller, M Béjar-Pizarro, IJ Hamling… - Tectonophysics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The country of El Salvador, located at the convergent boundary of the Cocos and
Caribbean plates, is subject to frequent seismic events and complex surface deformation …

Active deformation in the San Salvador extensional stepover, El Salvador from an analysis of the April–May 2017 earthquake sequence and GPS data

D Legrand, G Marroquín, C DeMets, L Mixco… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Modern and historic seismic observations indicate that earthquake swarms, often with
similar characteristics, have occurred within a few tens of kilometers of the San Salvador …

Deformation in Western Guatemala Associated With the NAFCA (North America‐Central American Forearc‐Caribbean) Triple Junction: Neotectonic Strain …

B Garnier, B Tikoff, O Flores, B Jicha, C DeMets… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent structural and geodetic data define the Guatemala City graben region as the
continental triple junction between the North American plate, Caribbean plate, and the …

Active 650-km long fault system and Xolapa sliver in southern Mexico

E Kazachkina, V Kostoglodov, N Cotte… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
New estimates of long-term velocities of permanent GPS stations in Southern Mexico reveal
that the geologically discernible∼ 650-km long shear zone, which strikes parallel to the …

The rupture plane of the February 2022 Mw 6.2 Guatemala, intermediate depth earthquake

R Yani-Quiyuch, L Asturias, D Castro - Seismica, 2023 - seismica.library.mcgill.ca
An intermediate depth intraplate earthquake with Mw 6.2 was generated in the Guatemalan
subduction zone on 16 February 2022 with epicenter to Southwest of the department of …