Resolving rupture processes of great earthquakes: Reviews and perspective from fast response to joint inversion

H Yue, Y Zhang, Z Ge, T Wang, L Zhao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2020‏ - Springer
Resolving rupture processes of great earthquakes has fundamental importance to the study
of earthquake physics, rupture dynamics, fault zone structure, and evolving processes. It …

Dynamic viability of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake cascade on weak crustal faults

T Ulrich, AA Gabriel, JP Ampuero, W Xu - Nature communications, 2019‏ - nature.com
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 …

Surface Rupture of Multiple Crustal Faults in the 2016  7.8 Kaikōura, New Zealand, Earthquake

NJ Litchfield, P Villamor… - Bulletin of the …, 2018‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Multiple (> 20) crustal faults ruptured to the ground surface and seafloor in the 14
November 2016 M w 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, and many have been documented in detail …

[HTML][HTML] The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: Simultaneous rupture of the subduction interface and overlying faults

T Wang, S Wei, X Shi, Q Qiu, L Li, D Peng… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The distribution of slip during an earthquake and how it propagates among faults in the
subduction system play a major role in seismic and tsunami hazards, yet they are poorly …

Complex rupture of an immature fault zone: A simultaneous kinematic model of the 2019 Ridgecrest, CA earthquakes

DE Goldberg, D Melgar, VJ Sahakian… - Geophysical …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 4 July 2019 Mw6. 4 and subsequent 6 July 2019 Mw7. 1 Ridgecrest sequence
earthquakes (CA, USA) ruptured orthogonal fault planes in a low slip rate (1 mm/year) …

Complex rupture process of the Mw 7.8, 2016, Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand, and its aftershock sequence

S Cesca, Y Zhang, V Mouslopoulou, R Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The M7. 8 Kaikoura Earthquake that struck the northeastern South Island, New
Zealand, on November 14, 2016 (local time), is one of the largest ever instrumentally …

Supershear Rupture During the 2021 MW 7.4 Maduo, China, Earthquake

X Zhang, W Feng, H Du… - Geophysical Research …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Combined with the multi‐array back‐projection and finite‐fault joint inversion methods, we
investigate the detailed spatiotemporal rupture complexity of the 2021 MW 7.4 Maduo …

Transpressional Rupture Cascade of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake, New Zealand

W Xu, G Feng, L Meng, A Zhang… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Large earthquakes often do not occur on a simple planar fault but involve rupture of multiple
geometrically complex faults. The 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand …

Earthquake damage patterns resolve complex rupture processes

Y Klinger, K Okubo, A Vallage… - Geophysical …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Fracture damage patterns around faults induced by dynamic earthquake rupture are an
invaluable record to clarify the rupture process on complex fault networks. The 2016 Mw 7.8 …

Back-propagating supershear rupture in the 2016 Mw 7.1 Romanche transform fault earthquake

SP Hicks, R Okuwaki, A Steinberg, CA Rychert… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
How an earthquake rupture propagates strongly influences the potentially destructive
ground shaking. Complex ruptures often involve slip along multiple faults, which masks …