Faults are ubiquitous throughout the Earth's crust. The majority are silent for decades to
centuries, until they suddenly rupture and produce earthquakes. With a focus on shallow …

Seismic velocity changes and nonvolcanic tremor activity in the Parkfield area in California
reveal that large earthquakes induce long-term perturbations of crustal properties in the San …

We describe a set of benchmark exercises that are designed to test if computer codes that
simulate dynamic earthquake rupture are working as intended. These types of computer …

Among all the numerical methods in seismology, the finite-difference (FD) technique
provides the best balance of accuracy and computational efficiency. This book offers a …

We present a dynamic rupture model of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake to unravel the
event's riddles in a physics-based manner and provide insight on the mechanical viability of …

Advances in observational, laboratory, and modeling techniques open the way to the
development of physical models of the seismic cycle with potentially predictive power. To …

Laboratory simulations of earthquakes show that at high slip rates, faults can weaken
significantly, aiding rupture,,. Various mechanisms, such as thermal pressurization and flash …

Why many major strike-slip faults known to have had large earthquakes are silent in the
interseismic period is a long-standing enigma. One would expect small earthquakes to occur …

Advances in physics‐based earthquake simulations, utilizing high‐performance computing,
have been exploited to better understand the generation and characteristics of the high …

Physical laws governing friction on shallow faults in the Earth and spatial heterogeneity of
parameters are critical to our understanding of earthquake physics and the assessment of …