SCHMITTBUHL , J.

Some observations of repeating earthquakes show an unusual, non-self-similar scaling between seismic moment and corner frequency, a source property related to rupture size. These observations have been mostly reported in regions at the transition from stable to unstable slip, in geothermal reservoirs and subduction zones. What controls the non...

Recent observations of large continental strike-slip earthquakes show that different fault segments may rupture at different speeds and that rupture may propagate faster than the shear wave velocity of surrounding rocks. We report that all the documented occurrences of supershear rupture are associated with faults which have simple geometry....