Subduction zone earthquakes result in some of the most devastating natural hazards on
Earth. Knowledge of where great (moment magnitude M≥ 8) subduction zone earthquakes …

Foreshocks are not uncommon prior to large earthquakes, but their physical mechanism
remains controversial. Two interpretations have been advanced:(1) foreshocks are driven by …

Since emerging in Brazil in 1985, wheat blast has spread throughout South America and
recently appeared in Bangladesh and Zambia. Here we show that two wheat resistance …

In 1960, the giant Valdivia earthquake (moment magnitude, M w, 9.5), the largest
earthquake ever recorded, struck the Chilean subduction zone, rupturing the entire depth of …

Dynamic modeling of sequences of earthquakes and aseismic slip (SEAS) provides a self‐
consistent, physics‐based framework to connect, interpret, and predict diverse geophysical …

The diverse mechanical behaviors of subduction zones during the seismic cycle emerge
from the nonlinear dynamics of a complex mechanical system with interacting brittle and …

The evolution of frictional resistance on a fault affects the characteristics of seismic ruptures.
A wide range of rupture styles, from slow-slip events to fast earthquakes, can be explained …

This report documents the assessment by the US Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake
Rupture Forecast (ERF) Review Panel of the draft ERF for the conterminous United States …

Aftershocks seem to be located along the trace of the mainshock fault; however, due to the
location error, we do not know their exact location relative to the mainshock fault. Here, we …

The Himalayan megathrust accommodates most of the relative convergence between the
Indian and Eurasian plates, producing cycles of blind and surface-breaking ruptures …