A review of the rupture characteristics of the 2011 Tohoku-oki Mw 9.1 earthquake

T Lay - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2011 March 11 Tohoku-oki great (Mw 9.1) earthquake ruptured the plate
boundary megathrust fault offshore of northern Honshu with estimates of shallow slip of 50 m …

A decade of lessons learned from the 2011 Tohoku‐Oki earthquake

N Uchida, R Bürgmann - Reviews of Geophysics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku‐oki earthquake is one of the world's best‐recorded
ruptures. In the aftermath of this devastating event, it is important to learn from the complete …

New empirical earthquake source‐scaling laws

KKS Thingbaijam, PM Mai… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We develop new empirical scaling laws for rupture width W⁠, rupture length L⁠, rupture
area A⁠, and average slip D⁠, based on a large database of rupture models. The database …

Depth‐varying rupture properties of subduction zone megathrust faults

T Lay, H Kanamori, CJ Ammon… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction zone plate boundary megathrust faults accommodate relative plate motions with
spatially varying sliding behavior. The 2004 Sumatra‐Andaman (Mw 9.2), 2010 Chile (Mw …

Slab1. 0: A three‐dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries

GP Hayes, DJ Wald, RL Johnson - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We describe and present a new model of global subduction zone geometries, called Slab1.
0. An extension of previous efforts to constrain the two‐dimensional non‐planar geometry of …

SRCMOD: An online database of finite‐fault rupture models

PM Mai, KKS Thingbaijam - Seismological Research …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This contribution to the Electronic Seismologist presents the online SRCMOD database of
finite-fault rupture models for past earthquakes, accessible at http://equake‑rc. info/srcmod …

[HTML][HTML] Did a submarine landslide contribute to the 2011 Tohoku tsunami?

DR Tappin, ST Grilli, JC Harris, RJ Geller, T Masterlark… - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Many studies have modeled the Tohoku tsunami of March 11, 2011 as being due entirely to
slip on an earthquake fault, but the following discrepancies suggest that further research is …

Rapid shallow megathrust afterslip from the 2021 M8. 2 Chignik, Alaska earthquake revealed by seafloor geodesy

BA Brooks, D Goldberg, J DeSanto, TL Ericksen… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The shallower portions of subduction zone megathrust faults host Earth's most hazardous
tsunamigenic earthquakes, yet understanding how and when they slip remains elusive …

The finite, kinematic rupture properties of great-sized earthquakes since 1990

GP Hayes - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Here, I present a database of> 160 finite fault models for all earthquakes of M 7.5 and above
since 1990, created using a consistent modeling approach. The use of a common approach …

Focal mechanism and slip history of the 2011 Mw 9.1 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, constrained with teleseismic body and surface waves

G Shao, X Li, C Ji, T Maeda - Earth, planets and space, 2011 - Springer
Focal mechanism and slip history of the 2011 M w 9.1 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, Japan
earthquake were derived rapidly from teleseismic body and surface waves. Multiple double …