Stress relaxation arrested the mainshock rupture of the 2016 Central Tottori earthquake

Autor: Yoshihisa Iio, Satoshi Matsumoto, Yusuke Yamashita, Shin’ichi Sakai, Kazuhide Tomisaka, Masayo Sawada, Takashi Iidaka, Takaya Iwasaki, Megumi Kamizono, Hiroshi Katao, Aitaro Kato, Eiji Kurashimo, Yoshiko Teguri, Hiroo Tsuda, Takashi Ueno
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2662-4435
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-021-00231-6
Popis: Rupture during the 2016 Central Tottori earthquake, Japan stopped within regions characterised by stress relaxation before the earthquake, according to analyses of aftershock focal mechanisms. This could explain why large earthquakes typically do not follow each other.
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