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Mainshock Initiation

Mainshock Initiation is a seismological process that denotes the initial phase of dynamic rupture leading to the primary earthquake event, distinguished from preceding foreshocks or tremors by its role in marking the onset of substantial energy release along a fault plane.

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The 2016 Central Italy Seismic Sequence: A First Look at the Mainshocks, Aftershocks, and Source Models

Lauro Chiaraluce, Raffaele Di Stefano, Elisa Tinti et al. · Seismological Research Letters · 2017 · 457 citations

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Detailed observations of California foreshock sequences: Implications for the earthquake initiation process

Douglas A. Dodge, Gregory C. Beroza, William L. Ellsworth · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1996 · 312 citations

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The 1960 Chilean earthquakes

Inés Cifuentes · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1989 · 243 citations

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Source rupture processes of the foreshock and mainshock in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence estimated from the kinematic waveform inversion of strong motion data

Kimiyuki Asano, Tomotaka Iwata · Earth Planets and Space · 2016 · 228 citations · Full text

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Precursory Slow Slip and Foreshocks on Rough Faults

Camilla Cattania, P. Segall · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth · 2021 · 172 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. CZ
    Changhai Zhai

    Harbin Institute of Technology, China

    4 publications · 225 citations

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  2. SL
    Shuang Li

    Harbin Institute of Technology, China

    3 publications · 206 citations

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  3. WL
    William L. Ellsworth

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 515 citations

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  4. LX
    Lili Xie

    Harbin Institute of Technology, China

    3 publications · 205 citations

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  5. RH
    Ryota Hino

    Tohoku University, Japan

    2 publications · 109 citations

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Institutions

135

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    789 citations

  2. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    837 citations

  3. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    6 h-index

    36 publications

    7.3K citations

  4. China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    654 citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Harbin Institute of Technology

    Harbin, China

    4 h-index

    18 publications

    938 citations

  7. Association for the Development of Earthquake Prediction

    Tokyo, Japan

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    689 citations

  8. National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience

    Tsukuba, Japan

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    190 citations

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  1. Geophysical Research Letters

    17 publications · 770 citations

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  2. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 15 publications · 600 citations

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  3. Earth Planets and Space

    7 publications · 424 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 716 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

    5 publications · 505 citations

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