Improved geometry of the subducting Philippine Sea plate beneath the Suruga Trough

Matsubara, Makoto; Shiomi, Katsuhiko; Baba, Hisatoshi; Satō, Hiroshi; Nishimiya, Takahito

doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103562

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“…It has been pointed out that the configuration of the eastern end of the Philippine Sea plate, east of 138°E and north of 35°N in the Tokai region, is shallower than that used in this study (Matsubara et al 2021). Although differences in plate configuration are known to affect simulation results (e.g., Takayama et al 2008), the relatively low plate convergence rate in this region (Fig.…”

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confidence: 74%

Simulation of great earthquakes along the Nankai Trough: reproduction of event history, slip areas of the Showa Tonankai and Nankai earthquakes, heterogeneous slip-deficit rates, and long-term slow slip events

Hirose

Maeda

Fujita

et al. 2022

Earth Planets Space

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Great earthquakes have occurred repeatedly along the Nankai Trough, but only for recent events are details known, such as rupture areas and time lags between paired events. It is meaningful for disaster prevention to consider in advance what kind of phenomena are likely after an earthquake that partially ruptures a seismogenic zone in this region. We constructed three-dimensional simulations to partially reproduce the spatial and temporal distribution of seismic or aseismic slip and the heterogeneous distribution of the slip-deficit rate beneath the seafloor on the plate boundary along the Nankai Trough. We found it necessary to assign spatial heterogeneity to two friction parameters, the effective normal stress and characteristic distance, based on a hierarchical asperity model. Our model produced many event pairs consisting of events east and west of Cape Shiono (Tokai/Tonankai and Nankai events, respectively), nearly all of them either simultaneous or separated by less than 3 years. The rupture areas of these event pairs were rich in variation, and even when the rupture areas were the same, the magnitudes and maximum displacements differed. The Tonankai earthquakes rarely occurred alone. Our model also simulated recurring long-term slow slip events in deeper parts of the seismogenic zone, and these events were caused by stress disturbance and heterogeneous stress distributions associated with non-ruptured portions of the seismogenic zone. Graphical Abstract

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Section: Problems To Address In Future Studiesmentioning

confidence: 74%