Slow earthquakes are episodic slow fault slips. They form a fundamental component of
interplate deformation processes, along with fast, regular earthquakes. Recent …

Abstract The 2011 March 11 Tohoku-oki great (Mw 9.1) earthquake ruptured the plate
boundary megathrust fault offshore of northern Honshu with estimates of shallow slip of 50 m …

Most large earthquakes occur along an oceanic trench, where an oceanic plate subducts
beneath a continental plate. Massive earthquakes with a moment magnitude, M w, of nine …

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 …

We estimated the spatial and temporal evolution of the preceding aseismic slip from January
2003 to January 2011, the coseismic slip of the Tohoku earthquake, and the postseismic slip …

In an attempt to examine the characteristic behavior of asperities, we studied the source
processes of large interplate earthquakes offshore of the Tohoku district, northeastern …

The fore-arc region of northeast Japan is an area of extensive seismic activity and tsunami
generation. On July 13, 869 a tsunami triggered by a large-scale earthquake invaded its …

We investigate crustal deformation in southwest Japan over a 3‐year period revealed by a
permanent dense Global Positioning System (GPS) array. Southwest Japan is a part of the …

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

Abstract The 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku‐oki earthquake is one of the world's best‐recorded
ruptures. In the aftermath of this devastating event, it is important to learn from the complete …