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- September 7, 2016
Source rupture processes of 2016 Kumamoto earthquake
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence started with an MJMA 6.5 foreshock occurring along the northern part of the Hinagu fault, central Kyushu, Japan, and the MJMA 7.3 mainshock occurred just 28 h after the foreshock. Asano and Iwata (2016) analyzed the source rupture processes of the foreshock and mainshock by using the kinematic waveform inversion technique on strong motion data. The spatial relationship between the rupture areas of the foreshock and mainshock implies a complex fault structure in this region. Click to view the article Read more
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- July 16, 2016
Featured article on 2016 Kumamoto earthquake
The complex rupture process of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence is an important phenomenon to understand the nature of earthquake occurrence in complex faulting zones. Yagi et al. (2016) found that the rupture process of the mainshock and the distribution of aftershocks were influenced by the high temperature area around the magma chamber of Mt. Aso. Their results have a great impact for many seismologists who are interested in the seismicity and the seismic source process of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Click to view the article Read more
