Geological Society: Faults' Hot Streaks and Slumps Could Change Earthquake Hazard Assessments
September 22, 2019
September 22, 2019
PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 22 -- The Geological Society of America issued the following news release:
For more than a century, a guiding principle in seismology has been that earthquakes recur at semi-regular intervals according to a "seismic cycle." In this model, strain that gradually accumulates along a locked fault is completely released in a large earthquake. Recently, however, seismologists have realized that earthquakes often occur in clusters separated by gaps, and on . . .
For more than a century, a guiding principle in seismology has been that earthquakes recur at semi-regular intervals according to a "seismic cycle." In this model, strain that gradually accumulates along a locked fault is completely released in a large earthquake. Recently, however, seismologists have realized that earthquakes often occur in clusters separated by gaps, and on . . .