While deterministically predicting the time and location of earthquakes remains impossible,
earthquake forecasting models can provide estimates of the probabilities of earthquakes …

Despite decades of observational, laboratory and theoretical studies, the processes leading
to large earthquake generation remain enigmatic. However, recent observations provide …

A systematic decay of the aftershock rate over time is one of the most fundamental empirical
laws in Earth science. However, the equally fundamental effect of a mainshock on the size …

Foreshocks can provide valuable information about possible nucleation process of a
mainshock. However, their physical mechanisms are still under debate. In this study, we …

We provide an overview of the basic models of the aftershock processes and advanced
methods used to predict postseismic hazard. We consider both the physical mechanisms for …

In this study we use the precursory acoustic emission (AE) activity during the nucleation of
stick‐slip instability as a proxy to investigate foreshock occurrence prior to natural …

Foreshocks are the only currently widely identified precursory seismic behavior, yet their
utility and even identifiability are problematic, in part because of extreme variation in …

Measures of foreshock occurrence are systematically examined using earthquake catalogs
for eight regions (Italy, southern California, northern California, Costa Rica, Onshore Japan …

Foreshock activity sometimes precedes large earthquakes, but how foreshocks relate to
mainshock nucleation is still unclear with limited case studies existing. One way to further …

Abstract After the 2011 M w 9.0 Tohoku earthquake, seismicity became extremely active
throughout Japan. Despite enormous efforts to detect the large number of earthquakes …