Progress Report Relationship of Aftershocks to Mainshock Rupture of the Landers Earthquake Kerry Sieh Jing Liu and Egill Hauksson California Institute of Technology Introduction What do aftershocks - Description

But do they represent rerupture of the mainshock ruptures Or do they constitute a structural damage zone around the mainshock ruptures Answers to these questions have an important bearing on the meaning of aftershock statistics and the physics of la ID: 34870 Download Pdf

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