<p>Recent observations of large continental strike-slip earthquakes show that different fault segments may rupture at different speeds and that rupture may propagate faster than the shear wave velocity of surrounding rocks. It is reported in this article that ...

<p>Static coseismic offsets &gt;1 mm are observed up to 7800 km away from the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 Dec. 2004 using global GPS network data. We investigate the rupture process based on far-field continuous GPS data. To reduce error in the ...

In this paper is investigated the rupture process based on far-eld continuous GPS data.

Field observations of mature crustal faults suggest that slip in individual events occurs primarily within a thin shear zone, &lt;1-5 mm, within a finely granulated, ultracataclastic fault core. This paper deals with the weakening processes during fault slip ...

The 2002 M7.9 Denali fault earthquake resulted in 340 km of ruptures along three separate faults, causing widespread liquefaction in the fluvial deposits of the alpine valleys of the Alaska Range and eastern lowlands of the Tanana River. Areas affected by liquefaction ...

<p>During the December 26th, 2003 Bam earthquake, continuous ruptures with a consistent right-lateral strike-slip of a few centimeters occurred north of Bam. A 3km long strand of ruptures coincides exactly with the trace of the geologic Bam fault. These ruptures ...

<p>We are using the Global Positioning System (GPS) to measure crustal deformation in western Oregon from which we infer strain rates in the overriding plate, the increase in the potential for earthquake slip on the Cascadia subduction fault, and how Oregon ...