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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volume 48, 2020

The State of Stress on the Fault Before, During, and After a Major Earthquake

Abstract

Earthquakes occur by overcoming fault friction; therefore, quantifying fault resistance is central to earthquake physics. Values for both static and dynamic friction are required, and the latter is especially difficult to determine on natural faults. However, large earthquakes provide signals that can determine friction in situ. The Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project (JFAST), an Integrated Ocean Discovery Program expedition, determined stresses by collecting data directly from the fault 1–2 years after the 2011 9.1 Tohoku earthquake. Geological, rheological, and geophysical data record stress before, during, and after the earthquake. Together, the observations imply that the shear strength during the earthquake was substantially below that predicted by the traditional Byerlee's law. Locally the stress drop appears near total, and stress reversal is plausible. Most solutions to the energy balance require off-fault deformation to account for dissipation during rupture. These observations make extreme coseismic weakening the preferred model for fault behavior.

  • ▪   Determining the friction during an earthquake is required to understand when and where earthquakes occur.
  • ▪   Drilling into the Tohoku fault showed that friction during the earthquake was low.
  • ▪   Dynamic friction during the earthquake was lower than static friction.
  • ▪   Complete stress drop is possible, and stress reversal is plausible.

Keyword(s): earthquake, fault, friction, stress, subduction, tectonics
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The State of Stress on the Fault Before, During, and After a Major Earthquake
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