A dense nationwide seismic network recently constructed in Japan has been yielding large
volumes of high-quality data that have made it possible to investigate the seismic structure in …

This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

Silent-slip events have been detected at several subduction zones, but the cause of these
events is unknown. Using seismic imaging, we detected a cause of the Tokai silent slip …

Interseismic deformation in Japan results from the combined effects of tectonic processes
including rotation of crustal blocks and the earthquake cycle process of elastic strain …

Three‐dimensional seismic velocity structure in and around the Philippine Sea plate
subducting beneath southwestern (SW) Japan is determined by applying double‐difference …

The dense continuous GPS network of Japan, now called GEONET, has been operated
since 1994 by the Geographical Survey Institute. GEONET provides precise daily …

Snow load along the western flank of the backbone range of the Japanese Islands causes
seasonal crustal deformation. It perturbs the interseismic strain buildup, and may seasonally …

Southwest Japan is located in the subduction margin between the continental Amurian and
oceanic Philippine Sea plates. Recent land GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and …

Slow slip events (SSEs) occur in the deeper extents of areas where large interplate
earthquakes are expected in subduction zones, such as the Nankai region of Japan and the …

We investigate an ongoing silent thrust event in the Tokai seismic gap along the Suruga‐
Nankai Trough, central Japan. Prior to the event, continuous GPS data from April 1996 to the …