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Sato, T., Imanishi, K., Kato, N. and Sagiya, T. (2004). Detection of a slow slip event from small signal in GPS data. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL019514. issn: 0094-8276. |
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By correcting for seasonal noise contained in GPS data, we are able to detect small but compelling post-seismic deformation following a medium-sized interplate earthquake (2001 August 14, MW 6.4) that occurred off the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan. Its decaying-time constants are similar among the stations with an average of 2.2 months. We inverted for the slip distribution, assuming that post-seismic deformation was due to a slow slip near the main shock fault. Slow slip spreads mainly over the northern periphery of the northern asperity of the 1968 Tokachi-Oki earthquake (MW 8.2) that has been considered a seismic gap since 1994. The seismic moment of the slow slip is about three times greater (MW 6.7) than that of the co-seismic slip. The present case suggests that the post-seismic slow-slip is common not only for the large earthquakes but also for relatively small interplate earthquakes in this region. |
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Keywords
Geodesy and Gravity, Crustal movements—interplate, Geodesy and Gravity, Rheology of the lithosphere and mantle, Geodesy and Gravity, Seismic deformations, Seismology, Seismic hazard assessment and prediction, Seismology, Seismicity and seismotectonics |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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