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 …

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 …

Investigating slow earthquake activity in subduction zones provides insight into the slip
behavior of megathrusts, which can provide important clues about the rupture extent of …

On 11 March 2011, the Tohoku‐oki earthquake in eastern Japan and the devastating
tsunami that followed it caused severe damage and numerous deaths. To clarify the rupture …

Both aseismic and seismic slip accommodate relative motion across partially coupled plate-
boundary faults. In northeastern Japan, aseismic slip occurs in the form of decelerating …

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 …

Slow (aseismic) slip that accommodates part of the long-term plate motion on subduction
megathrusts is thought to be strongly related to the occurrence of large earthquakes on the …

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 …

The Mendocino triple junction—the intersection of the Pacific, North American, and Gorda
plates—activates a collection of disparate faults that reconcile Cascadia subduction with …