Repeating earthquakes

N Uchida, R Bürgmann - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Repeating earthquakes, or repeaters, are identical in location and geometry but occur at
different times. They appear to represent recurring seismic energy release from distinct …

Detection of repeating earthquakes and their application in characterizing slow fault slip

N Uchida - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2019 - Springer
Repeating earthquakes (repeaters) that rupture the same fault area (patch) are interpreted to
be caused by repeated accumulation and release of stress on the seismic patch in a …

Postseismic deformation of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake illuminates lithospheric rheological structure and dynamics of eastern Tibet

M Wang, ZK Shen, YZ Wang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tectonic research of the Tibetan Plateau has long focused on its deformation style and
mechanisms. The 2008 Mw7. 9 Wenchuan earthquake ruptured the Longmen Shan fault …

Probing the lithospheric rheology across the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

MH Huang, R Bürgmann, AM Freed - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
The fundamental geological structure, geodynamics, and rheology of the Tibetan Plateau
have been debated for decades. Two end-member models have been proposed:(1) the …

Multistage Nucleation of the 2021 Yangbi MS 6.4 Earthquake, Yunnan, China and Its Foreshocks

M Liu, H Li, L Li, M Zhang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract On 21 May 2021, an MS 6.4 earthquake occurred in Yangbi, Yunnan province,
China. A significant foreshock sequence occurred 3 days before the mainshock, which …

Microseismicity along Xiaojiang Fault Zone (Southeastern Tibetan Plateau) and the characterization of interseismic fault behavior

Y Zhou, H Yue, S Zhou, L Fang, Y Zhou, L Xu, Z Liu… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Xiaojiang Fault (XJF) Zone locates in the southeastern of Tibetan Plateau and
defines the boundary between the South China and Sichuan-Yunnan blocks. Historical …

Misconception of waveform similarity in the identification of repeating earthquakes

D Gao, H Kao, B Wang - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Identification of repeating earthquakes (repeaters) usually depends on waveform similarity
expressed as the corresponding cross‐correlation coefficient (CC) above a prescribed …

Migrating Foreshocks Driven by a Slow Slip Event Before the 2021 MW 6.1 Yangbi, China Earthquake

K Wang, Z Peng, S Liang, J Luo… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Foreshocks are known to occur before certain large earthquakes, but the physical
mechanism is still in debate. Recent field and laboratory studies have supported either …

Deep fault slip characteristics in the Xianshuihe-Anninghe-Daliangshan Fault junction region (eastern Tibet) revealed by repeating micro-earthquakes

L Zhang, J Su, W Wang, L Fang, J Wu - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Xianshuihe-Anninghe-Daliangshan Fault junction region in eastern Tibet
marks the transition zone between the creeping Xianshuihe Fault and the locked Anninghe …

Identification of repeating earthquakes: controversy and rectification

D Gao, H Kao, J Liu - Seismological Research Letters, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Repeating earthquakes (repeaters) are events that recurrently rupture the same fault patch
with nearly identical magnitudes. Although repeaters have been widely studied and utilized …