Tuesday, December 3, 2013

What drives aftershocks?

What drives aftershocks?
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2013 - On 27 February 2010 an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 struck South-Central Chile near the town of Maule. The main shock displaced the subduction interface by up to 16 meters. Like usually after strong earthquakes a series of aftershocks occurred in the region with decreasing size over the next months. A surprising result came from an afterslip study: Up to 2 meters additional slip occur ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/What_drives_aftershocks_999.html
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