3-D dynamic rupture simulations of the 2016 Kumamoto, Japan, earthquake

Abstract Using 3-D dynamic rupture simulations, we investigated the 2016 Mw7.1 Kumamoto, Japan, earthquake to elucidate why and how the rupture of the main shock propagated successfully, assuming a complicated fault geometry estimated on the basis of the distributions of the aftershocks. The Mw7.1 m...

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Published in:	Earth, Planets and Space
Main Authors:	Yumi Urata, Keisuke Yoshida, Eiichi Fukuyama, Hisahiko Kubo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2017-11-01
Subjects:	The 2016 Kumamoto earthquake Numerical simulation Dynamic rupture propagation Foreshocks
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-017-0733-0