We develop new empirical scaling laws for rupture width W⁠, rupture length L⁠, rupture
area A⁠, and average slip D⁠, based on a large database of rupture models. The database …

This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

Geophysical observations from the 2011 moment magnitude (M w) 9.0 Tohoku-Oki, Japan
earthquake allow exploration of a rare large event along a subduction megathrust. Models …

Ultimately, seismotectonic studies seek to provide ways of assessing the timing, magnitude
and spatial extent of future earthquakes. Ample observations document the spatial variability …

Subduction zone megathrust faults host Earth's largest earthquakes, along with multitudes of
smaller events that contribute to plate convergence. An understanding of the faulting …

We use about two decades of geodetic measurements to characterize interseismic strain
build up along the Central Andes subduction zone from Lima, Peru, to Antofagasta, Chile …

Slip on a subduction megathrust can be seismic or aseismic, with the two modes of slip
complementing each other in time and space to accommodate the long-term plate motions …

Over 100 GPS sites measured in 2008–2013 in Peru provide new insights into the present‐
day crustal deformation of the 2200 km long Peruvian margin. This margin is squeezed …

The geometry of faults is usually thought to be more complicated at the surface than at depth
and to control the initiation, propagation and arrest of seismic ruptures,,,,,. The fault system …

Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements carried out in Chile over the last two
decades showed that an entire portion of the Nazca‐South America subduction zone (38° …