Spatio-temporal foreshock evolution of the 2019 M 6.4 and M 7.1 Ridgecrest, California earthquakes

H Huang, L Meng, R Bürgmann, W Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2019 M 6.4 and M 7.1 Ridgecrest, California earthquake sequence provides an
ideal opportunity to study the seismicity evolution and interaction among multiple complex …

Rupture Process of the 2019 Ridgecrest, California  6.4 Foreshock and  7.1 Earthquake Constrained by Seismic and Geodetic Data

K Wang, DS Dreger, E Tinti… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence culminated in the largest seismic event in
California since the 1999 M w 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake. Here, we combine geodetic and …

Absolute location of 2019 Ridgecrest seismicity reveals a shallow Mw 7.1 hypocenter, migrating and pulsing Mw 7.1 foreshocks, and duplex Mw 6.4 ruptures

A Lomax - Bulletin of the Seismological Society of …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The 2019 Ridgecrest, California, sequence includes an M w 6.4 earthquake on
4 July and an M w 7.1 mainshock 34 hr later. We perform absolute location of M w≥ 1.0 …

The 2019 Ridgecrest, California earthquake sequence: Evolution of seismic and aseismic slip on an orthogonal fault system

H Yue, J Sun, M Wang, Z Shen, M Li, L Xue… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cascade-up and/or slow-slip processes are commonly believed to control interactions
between foreshocks, mainshocks and aftershocks, but their relative contributions remain …

Automatic inversion of rupture processes of the foreshock and mainshock and correlation of the seismicity during the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence

Y Zhang, X Zheng, Q Chen, X Liu… - Seismological …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence included an M w 6.4
foreshock on 4 July, followed by an M w 7.1 mainshock about 32 hr later. We determined the …

Immediate foreshocks indicating cascading rupture developments for 527 M 0.9 to 5.4 Ridgecrest earthquakes

H Meng, W Fan - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding earthquake foreshocks is essential for deciphering earthquake rupture
physics and can aid seismic hazard mitigation. With regional dense seismic arrays, we …

A high‐resolution seismic catalog for the initial 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence: Foreshocks, aftershocks, and faulting complexity

DR Shelly - Seismological Research Letters, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
I use template matching and precise relative relocation techniques to develop a high‐
resolution earthquake catalog for the initial portion of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake …

The 2019 Mw 6.4 and Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence in Eastern California: rupture on a conjugate fault structure revealed by GPS and InSAR …

S Li, G Chen, T Tao, P He, K Ding, R Zou… - Geophysical Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY On 4 and 6 July 2019, an M w 6.4 foreshock and an M w 7.1 main shock
successively struck the city of Ridgecrest in eastern California. These two events are the …

Stress‐drop and source scaling of the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence

DT Trugman - Bulletin of the Seismological Society of …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Stress drop, while difficult to measure reliably and at scale, is a key source parameter for
understanding the earthquake rupture process and its relationship to strong ground motion …

The July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence: Kinematics of slip and stressing in cross‐fault ruptures

WD Barnhart, GP Hayes… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence produced cross‐fault
ruptures from a Mw6. 4 left‐lateral foreshock and a Mw7. 1 right‐lateral mainshock. We use …