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DING , Xiaotian

Last name: DING

First name: Xiaotian

November 14, 2023 (v1)

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The sharp turn: Backward rupture branching during the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş (Türkiye) earthquake

Ding, Xiaotian Xu, Shiqing Xie, Yuqing

Multiple lines of evidence indicate that the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş (Türkiye) earthquake started on a splay fault, then branched bilaterally onto the nearby East Anatolian Fault (EAF). This rupture pattern includes one feature previously deemed implausible, called backward rupture branching: rupture propagating from the splay fault onto the...

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