Coulomb stresses imparted by the 25 March 2007 Mw=6.6 Noto-Hanto, Japan earthquake explain its 'butterfly' distribution of aftershocks and suggest a heightened seismic hazard

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1041-1046

  Toda, Shinji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

2007 Noto Hanto earthquake; Aftershocks; Blind thrust; Coulomb stress change; Off fault aftershocks

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOURCE PARAMETERS; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; ISHIKAWA; JAPAN; NOTO PENINSULA;

EID: 56549128293     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352866     Document Type: Article

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