0. Events are characterized by the energy release and the “slip volume”, the product of
plastic strain and system volume. Their distributions for a given system size L appear to be
exponential, but a characteristic event size cannot be inferred, because the mean values of
these quantities increase as L α with α∼ 3/2. In contrast with results obtained in 2D models,
we do not see simply connected avalanches. The exponent suggests a fractal shape of the …