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Along-dip segmentation of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake and comparison with other megathrust earthquakes

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Title: Along-dip segmentation of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake and comparison with other megathrust earthquakes
Authors: Yomogida, Kiyoshi Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Yoshizawa, Kazunori Browse this author
Koyama, Junji Browse this author
Tsuzuki, Motohiro Browse this author
Keywords: Great earthquakes
earthquake rupture processes
broadband seismology
Issue Date: 2011
Journal Title: Earth, Planets and Space
Volume: 63
Issue: 7
Start Page: 697
End Page: 701
Publisher DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.06.003
Abstract: The 11 March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake ruptured the interplate boundary off-shore of east Japan, with fault displacements of up to 40 m and a rupture duration of 150-160 s. W-phase inversion indicates a moment of 3.9 × 1022 N m (Mw 9.0) and a centroid time of 71 s. We invert teleseismic P waves and broadband Rayleigh wave observations with high-rate GPS recordings from Japan to characterize the rupture. The resulting rupture model begins with a steady increase of moment rate for the first 80 s, and a rupture speed of 1.5 km/s. Then the rupture expands southwestward at a speed of about 2.5 km/s. The model's primary slip is concentrated up-dip from the hypocenter, with significant displacement extending to the trench. The seaward location of large slip is consistent with estimates of the tsunami source area from regional and remote tsunami observations. The region with large slip is approximately 150-km wide by 300-km long, which is relatively compact compared with the 200-km wide, 500-km long aftershock region. The model's initial updip rupture expansion and the location of most slip updip of the hypocenter differs from P-wave array back-projections, which map high-frequency radiation along the downdip of the hypocenter, closer to the coast. Key words: Great earthquakes, earthquake rupture processes, broadband seismology.
Relation: http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/EPS/index.html
Type: article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/48502
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