The role of static stress diffusion in the spatio-temporal organization of aftershocks

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2009-07-16

arxiv.org/abs/0907.2864v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 038501 (2009)

Physics

Geophysics

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.038501

We investigate the spatial distribution of aftershocks and we find that aftershock linear density exhibits a maximum, that depends on the mainshock magnitude, followed by a power law decay. The exponent controlling the asymptotic decay and the fractal dimensionality of epicenters clearly indicate triggering by static stress. The non monotonic behavior of the linear density and its dependence on the mainshock magnitude can be interpreted in terms of diffusion of static stress. This is supported by the power law growth with exponent $H\simeq 0.5$ of the average main-aftershock distance. Implementing static stress diffusion within a stochastic model for aftershock occurrence we are able to reproduce aftershock linear density spatial decay, its dependence on the mainshock magnitude and its evolution in time.

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