Stress loading and the occurrence of normal-type earthquakes under Boso Peninsula, Japan

Stress loading and the occurrence of normal-type earthquakes under Boso Peninsula, Japan

Abstract Boso Peninsula, Japan, was formed by the interaction of the Philippine Sea, Eurasian and Pacific plates around the trench–trench–trench Boso triple junction. Normal-type earthquakes are persistently observed in the subducting Philippine Sea slab under the peninsula at a depth of ~ 30 km, in...

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Main Authors: Akinori Hashima, Hiroshi Sato, Toshinori Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-06-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
Subjects:
Stress loading
Philippine Sea plate
Boso Peninsula
Intra-slab earthquake
Plate subduction
Elastic dislocation theory
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-020-01201-6

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