Classes of low-frequency earthquakes based on inter-time distribution reveal a precursor event for the 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake

Abstract Recently, slow earthquakes (slow EQ) have received much attention relative to understanding the mechanisms underlying large earthquakes and to detecting their precursors. Low-frequency earthquakes (LFE) are a specific type of slow EQ. In the present paper, we reveal the relevance of LFEs to...

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Main Authors: Tomoki Tokuda, Hirohiko Shimada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45765-0