Nucleation and Cascade Features of Earthquake Mainshock Statistically Explored from Foreshock Seismicity

The relation between the size of an earthquake mainshock preparation zone and the magnitude of the forthcoming mainshock is different between nucleation and domino-like cascade models. The former model indicates that magnitude is predictable before an earthquake’s mainshock because the pre...

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Main Authors: Masashi Kamogawa, Kazuyoshi Z. Nanjo, Jun Izutsu, Yoshiaki Orihara, Toshiyasu Nagao, Seiya Uyeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/4/421