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Earthquake dynamics

Diagram of megathrust earthquakes resulting from different material contrast scenarios
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Highs and the Lows of Megathrust Earthquakes

by T. Parsons 21 July 202128 September 2021

Why does low-frequency energy come from the shallow part of ruptures, and the high frequencies from deep?

Drillers in hardhats work on the rig floor of a research vessel.
Posted inNews

Getting to the Bottom of Slow-Motion Earthquakes

by Adityarup Chakravorty 24 April 202024 April 2020

For close to 20 years, slow-motion earthquakes have been an enigma. Core samples provide new clues to their origins.

Map showing observations of slow slip
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Slow Slip By Any Other Name

by T. Parsons 4 March 2020

Earth’s faults slip most catastrophically as earthquakes. The rise of geodesy reveals an array of slower slip events, meaning faults are nearly always active. Are these behaviors really so different?

Aerial view of the San Andreas Fault in California on the Carrizo Plain
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Earthquake Statistics Vary with Fault Size

by Aaron Sidder 21 October 2019

A theoretical study explores why small earthquake sources can produce quasiperiodic sequences of identical events, whereas earthquakes on large faults are intrinsically more variable.

Children help salvage and remove debris after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Do Main Shocks Affect Subsequent Earthquakes?

by Terri Cook 29 March 201918 April 2019

The results of a novel analysis of aftershock size distribution have important implications for more realistically assessing the seismic hazard of earthquake sequences.

Fault scarp in Italy's Apennine Mountains
Posted inScience Updates

How Earthquakes Start and Stop

by D. Marsan, G. C. Beroza and J. Gomberg 14 March 2018

Earthquakes: Nucleation, Triggering, Rupture, and Relationships to Aseismic Processes; Cargèse, Corsica, France, 2–6 October 2017

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

All Earthquakes Are Created Equal

by L. Crane 19 September 2016

A study of the development of earthquakes shows that the size of the initial rupture does not determine its intensity or range later on.

Posted inScience Updates

Exploring Earthquakes, Slow Slip, and Triggering

by D. Marsan, J. Gomberg and M. Bouchon 20 March 201526 March 2015

Earthquakes: Nucleation, Triggering, and Relationships With Aseismic Processes; Cargèse, Corsica, France, 3–10 November 2014

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