Intense seismic swarm punctuated by a magnitude 7.5 Japan shock
Shinji Toda, Ross S. Stein
Abstract
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the western shores of Honshu, Japan, caused extreme shaking and felled a five-story building on New Year’s Day. The shaking was far more severe than was thought likely for an earthquake of this size and depth.
Topics & Concepts
Punctuated equilibriumMagnitude (astronomy)SeismologyShock (circulatory)Swarm behaviourGeologyPhysicsComputer sciencePaleontologyAstrophysicsArtificial intelligenceMedicineInternal medicineearthquake and tectonic studiesSeismology and Earthquake StudiesSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques