The estimation of the b‐value of the Gutenberg–Richter law is of great importance in
different seismological applications. However, its estimate is strongly dependent upon …

Intruding magma brings high temperatures close to the surface, thus offering possibilities for
harnessing large amounts of heat for geothermal exploitation. Mount Aso in southern Japan …

We have developed an inversion method for estimating 3-D tectonic stress fields from
centroid moment tensor (CMT) data of seismic events. To obtain reliable inversion analysis …

The Coulomb failure stress (CFS) criterion is the most commonly used method for predicting
spatial distributions of aftershocks following large earthquakes. However, large uncertainties …

We investigated the deviatoric stress magnitude of the background stress fields before the
2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence in Japan based on temporal changes in elastic …

We quantitatively examined the influence of pore fluid pressure and coseismic stress
changes on the seismicity rate changes that followed the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, on …

The occurrence of earthquakes can be regarded as shear fracture releasing the elastic
potential energy stored in the Earth. The potential energy density of linear elastic forces is …

The Nankai trough has repeatedly experienced large megathrust earthquakes at intervals of
100–200 years. The inland region of southwest (SW) Japan has a seismically active period …

Static stress transfer from major earthquakes is commonly invoked as the primary
mechanism for triggering aftershocks, but evaluating this mechanism depends on aftershock …

Shear strain energy is an essential physical quantity governing earthquake generation. To
calculate the shear strain energy changes due to an earthquake, we need both coseismic …