“…a) Effective elastic thickness (Te) for Brazil (with local Te values) and for study area, with distribution of the strain rate and SHmax (modified from Bizzi et al, 2003). b) Strain rate estimated by geodetic observations (Marotta et al, 2013). c) Stress estimated by focal mechanism (FM), breakout (BO), in situ measurements (IS) and geological fault analysis (GF), showed by Assumpção et al (1985Assumpção et al ( , 1997, Lima et al (1997), Assumpção (1998), Chimpliganond et al (2010), Marotta et al (2013), andAgurto-Detzel et al (2015).…”