Rapid rupture fronts—akin to earthquakes—mediate the transition to frictional motion. Once
formed, their singular form, dynamics and arrest are well described by fracture mechanics …

We combine measurements of ground deformation from Synthetic Aperture Radar images,
high‐rate Global Navigation Satellite System and tele‐seismic waveforms to study the …

The last few decades have seen great achievements in dynamic fracture mechanics. Yet, it
was not possible to experimentally quantify the full-field behavior of dynamic fractures, until …

On 6 February 2023, two large earthquakes (moment magnitude 7.8 and 7.6) shocked a vast
area of southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria, leading to heavy casualties and economic …

Contacting bodies subjected to sufficiently large applied shear will undergo frictional sliding.
The onset of this motion is mediated by dynamically propagating fronts, akin to earthquakes …

Abstract The 2023 M7. 8 Kahramanmaraş/Pazarcik earthquake was larger and more
destructive than what had been expected. Here we analyzed nearfield seismic records and …

Tsunami generation from earthquake-induced seafloor deformations has long been
recognized as a major hazard to coastal areas. Strike-slip faulting has generally been …

Frictional motion is mediated by rapidly propagating ruptures that detach the ensemble of
contacts forming the frictional interface between contacting bodies,,,,,–. These ruptures are …

The Mw 7.8 Kahramanmara\c {s} Earthquake was larger and more destructive than what had
been expected for the tectonic setting in Southeastern Turkey. By using near-field records …

We study rupture fronts propagating along the interface separating two bodies at the onset of
frictional motion via high-temporal-resolution measurements of the real contact area and …