Microseismicity data forecast rupture area

Microseismicity data forecast rupture area

On 28 September 2004 there was an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 at Parkfield, California. Here we show that the size distribution of the micro-earthquakes recorded in the decades before the main shock occurred allowed an accurate forecast of its eventual rupture area. Applying this approach to other w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 2005-04, Vol.434 (7037), p.1086-1086
Hauptverfasser: Schorlemmer, Danijel, Wiemer, Stefan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aftershocks
Earthquakes
Fault lines
Seismic activity
Seismic hazard
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Zusammenfassung:On 28 September 2004 there was an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 at Parkfield, California. Here we show that the size distribution of the micro-earthquakes recorded in the decades before the main shock occurred allowed an accurate forecast of its eventual rupture area. Applying this approach to other well monitored faults should improve earthquake hazard assessment in future.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/4341086a