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Seismic Gap Hypothesis

The Seismic Gap Hypothesis is a geophysical theory that identifies segments of active faults with low historical seismicity relative to adjacent areas, positing that these gaps represent regions of accumulated strain and thus have a higher potential for future significant earthquakes.

116

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7.7K

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477

Authors

182

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2017–2026

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Publications

116

Seismic gaps and plate tectonics: Seismic potential for major boundaries

William R. McCann, Stuart P. Nishenko, Lynn R. Sykes et al. · Pure and Applied Geophysics · 1979 · 438 citations

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Partitioning of crustal slip between linked, active faults in the eastern Qilian Shan, and evidence for a major seismic gap, the ‘Tianzhu gap', on the western Haiyuan Fault, Gansu (China)

Y. Gaudemer, P. Tapponnier, Bertrand Meyer et al. · Geophysical Journal International · 1995 · 375 citations

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Great earthquakes, seismicity gaps and potential for earthquake disaster along the Himalaya plate boundary

K. N. Khattri · Tectonophysics · 1987 · 357 citations

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Earthquakes in India and the Himalaya: tectonics, geodesy and history

Roger Bilham · Annals of Geophysics · 2004 · 349 citations · Full text

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Limited overlap between the seismic gap and coseismic slip of the great 2010 Chile earthquake

Stefano Lorito, Fabrizio Romano, Simone Atzori et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2011 · 301 citations

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Authors

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  1. DD
    D. D. Jackson

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    5 publications · 668 citations

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  2. YY
    Y. Y. Kagan

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    5 publications · 668 citations

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  3. JH
    Jens Havskov

    University of Bergen, Norway

    4 publications · 156 citations

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  4. SK
    S. K. Singh

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    4 publications · 156 citations

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  5. YH
    Yoshimori Honkura

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    4 publications · 145 citations

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Institutions

182

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    34 publications

    1K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    7 h-index

    27 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology

    Dehra Dūn, India

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    358 citations

  5. Boğaziçi University

    Istanbul, Türkiye

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    972 citations

  6. University of Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    6 h-index

    22 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    6 h-index

    25 publications

    671 citations

  8. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute

    Istanbul, Turkey

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    909 citations

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Venues

  1. Geophysical Research Letters

    14 publications · 554 citations

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  2. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 10 publications · 436 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 9 publications · 958 citations

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  4. Pure and Applied Geophysics

    PAGEOPH · 9 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. Geophysical Journal International

    GJI · 6 publications · 720 citations

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