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Dynamic triggering of earthquakes

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  • Joan Gomberg

    (US Geological Survey)

  • Paul Johnson

    (Geophysics Group EES-11, Los Alamos National Laboratory of the University of California)

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Trigger action The Landers earthquake of 1992 triggered a series of earthquakes in other parts of California, focusing attention on the mechanism of remote triggering. Laboratory experiments on granular material under pressure suggest that triggering is a result of seismic waves impinging on a fault and inducing elastic nonlinear behaviour of the fault core, accompanied by instantaneous weakening and failure. The resulting ‘softening-to-weakening’ model fits in well with field observations of real earthquakes.

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  • Joan Gomberg & Paul Johnson, 2005. "Dynamic triggering of earthquakes," Nature, Nature, vol. 437(7060), pages 830-830, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:437:y:2005:i:7060:d:10.1038_437830a
    DOI: 10.1038/437830a
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    1. Bilal Saif & Mohammad Tahir & Amir Sultan & Muhammad Tahir Iqbal & Talat Iqbal & Muhammad Ali Shah & Samia Gurmani, 2022. "Triggering mechanisms of Gayari avalanche, Pakistan," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 112(3), pages 2361-2383, July.

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