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 ISC Event Agency     Origin time         Lat     Lon Depth       Magnitude   Article_total      Event code
 601675877    ISC 2012-09-05 14:42:07   10.02  -85.39  20.7  Mw(GCMT) = 7.6              16      NICOYA2012

Yao, D., Walter, J.I., Meng, X., Hobbs, T.E., Peng, Z., Newman, A.V., Schwartz, S.Y. and Protti, M., 2017. Detailed spatio-temporal evolution of microseismicity and repeating earthquakes following the 2012 Mw 7.6 Nicoya earthquake, J. geophys. Res., 122, 1, 524-542, DOI: 10.1002/2016JB013632

Chaves, E.J., Duboeuf, L., Schwartz, S.Y., Lay, T. and Kintner, J., 2017. Aftershocks of the 2012 Mw 7.6 Nicoya, Costa Rica, earthquake and mechanics of the plate interface, Bull. seism. Soc. Am., 107, 3, 1227-1239, DOI: 10.1785/0120160283

Kyriakopoulos, C. and Newman, A.V., 2016. Structural Asperity focusing locking and earthquake slip along the Nicoya megathrust, Costa Rica, J. geophys. Res., 121, 7, 5461-5476, DOI: 10.1002/2016JB012886

Liu, C., Zheng, Y., Xiong, X., Wang, R., López, A. and Li, J., 2015. Rupture processes of the 2012 September 5 Mw 7.6 Nicoya, Costa Rica earthquake constrained by improved geodetic and seismological observations, Geophys. J. Int., 203, 1, 175-183, DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv295

López-Comino, J.Á., Stich, D., Ferreira, A.M.G. and Morales, J., 2015. Extended fault inversion with random slipmaps: a resolution test for the 2012 Mw 7.6 Nicoya, Costa Rica earthquake, Geophys. J. Int., 202, 3, 1505-1521, DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv235

Malservisi, R., Schwartz, S.Y., Voss, N., Protti, M., Gonzalez, V., Dixon, T.H., Jiang, Y., Newman, A.V., Richardson, J., Walter, J.I. and Voyenko, D., 2015. Multiscale postseismic behavior on a megathrust: The 2012 Nicoya earthquake, Costa Rica, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16, 6, 1848-1864, DOI: 10.1002/2015GC005794

Xue, L., Schwartz, S., Liu, Z. and Feng, L., 2015. Interseismic megathrust coupling beneath the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, from the joint inversion of InSAR and GPS data, J. geophys. Res., 120, 5, 3707-3722, DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011844

Walter, J.I., Meng, X., Peng, Z., Schwartz, S.Y., Newman, A.V. and Protti, M., 2015. Far-field triggering of foreshocks near the nucleation zone of the 5 September 2012 (MW 7.6) Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica earthquake, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 431, 75-86, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.017

Quintero, R., Zahradník, J. and Sokos, E., 2014. Near-regional CMT and multiple-point source solution of the September 5, 2012, Nicoya, Costa Rica Mw 7.6 (GCMT) earthquake, J. South Amer. Earth Sci., 55, 155-165, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2014.07.009

Lupi, M., Fuchs, F. and Pacheco, J.F., 2014. Fault reactivation due to the M7.6 Nicoya earthquake at the Turrialba-Irazú volcanic complex, Costa Rica: Effects of dynamic stress triggering, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 12, 4142-4148, DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059942

Senatorski, P., 2014. Radiated energy estimations from finite-fault earthquake slip models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 10, 3431-3437, DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060013

Liu, Z., Owen, S. and Moore, A., 2014. Rapid Estimate and Modeling of Permanent Coseismic Displacements for Large Earthquakes Using High‐Rate Global Positioning System Data, Seismol. Res. Lett., 85, 2, 284-294, DOI: 10.1785/0220130174

Dixon, T.H., Schwartz, S., Protti, M., González, V., Newman, A., Marshall, J. and Spotila, J., 2013. Detailed Data Available for Recent Costa Rica Earthquake, EOS. Trans. Am. geophys. Un., 94, 2, 17-18, DOI: 10.1002/2013EO020001

Ye, L., Lay, T. and Kanamori, H., 2013. Large earthquake rupture process variations on the Middle America megathrust, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 381, 147-155, DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.042

Yue, H., Lay, T., Schwartz, S.Y., Rivera, L., Protti, M., Dixon, T.H., Owen, S. and Newman, A.V., 2013. The 5 September 2012 Nicoya, Costa Rica Mw 7.6 earthquake rupture process from joint inversion of high-rate GPS, strong-motion, and teleseismic P wave data and its relationship to adjacent plate boundary interface properties, J. geophys. Res., 118, 10, 5453-5466, DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50379

Walter, J.I., Schwartz, S.Y., Protti, M. and Gonzalez, V., 2013. The synchronous occurrence of shallow tremor and very low frequency earthquakes offshore of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 8, 1517-1522, DOI: 10.1002/grl.50213



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