Structural heterogeneity in the megathrust zone and mechanism of the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw 9.0)

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Sep 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011georl..3817308z&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 38, Issue 17, CiteID L17308

Physics

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Seismology: Earthquake Dynamics (1242), Seismology: Subduction Zones (1207, 1219, 1240), Seismology: Tomography (6982, 8180), Tectonophysics: Dynamics: Seismotectonics, Tectonophysics: Subduction Zone Processes (1031, 3060, 3613, 8413)

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The great 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw 9.0) and its 339 foreshocks and 5,609 aftershocks (9-27 March 2011) were relocated using a three-dimensional seismic velocity model and local P and S wave arrival times. The distribution of relocated hypocenters was compared with a tomographic image of the Northeast Japan forearc. The comparison indicates that the rupture nucleation of the largest events in the Tohoku-oki sequence, including the mainshock, was controlled by structural heterogeneities in the megathrust zone.

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