Why Do Aftershocks Occur Within the Rupture Area of a Large Earthquake?

  • Suguru Yabe
    Department of Solid Earth Geochemistry Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology Yokosuka Japan
  • Satoshi Ide
    Department of Earth and Planetary Science University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan

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公開日
2018-05-28
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journal article
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  • 10.1029/2018gl077843
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The mainshock‐aftershock sequence is one of the fundamental characteristics of seismogenesis, yet the physical mechanism of aftershock generation remains poorly understood. The simple explanation that aftershocks are caused by the mainshock's redistribution of strain energy is not always applicable, especially for aftershocks within the mainshock slip area, where strain energy is released. Here we show that the genesis of aftershocks can be modeled using a frictionally heterogeneous fault system. We conducted quasi‐dynamic numerical simulations of fault rupture cycles on a finite fault governed by a rate‐ and state‐dependent friction law. Aftershocks are observed around and within the mainshock rupture area when the frictional heterogeneity varies significantly along the fault. On the other hand, aftershocks are not produced when along‐fault variations in the frictional heterogeneity are small, which mimics the observed lack of aftershocks for repeating earthquakes.</jats:p>

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