September 30

Brent Delbridge
Twardzik and Ji (2015) The Mw7.9 2014 intraplate intermediate-depth Rat Islands earthquake and its relation to regional tectonics
EPSL Link
Summary: Finite-fault inversion and relocated after shocks suggest a deeply dipping fault plane of 87 degrees, extending from 80 to 140 km depth. This extends from the top of the slab to the 600-650 degree isotherm. This is similar to the 1993 Kushiro-oki and 2005 Tarapaca Chile earthquakes which also ruptured the region between the DWB-zones. If large intermediate depth earthquakes are not limited to the crust or slab's elastic cores, we may need to re-evaluate seismic hazards.

Chris Johnson
Gardonio, B., D. Marsan, O. Lingline, et al. Changes in seismicity and stress loading on subduction faults in the Kanto region, Japan, 2011–2014
JGRLink

Maria-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera
Gonzalez, G., P. Salazar, J.P. Loveless, et al. (2015) Upper plate reverse fault reactivation and the unclamping of the megathrust during the 2014 northern Chile earthquake sequence
GeologyLink

Kathryn Materna
Hardebeck, J. (2015) Stress orientation in subduction zones and the strength of subduction megathrust faults
Science Link

October 7

Yan Hu
Robert Herrendörfer, Ylona van Dinther, Taras Gerya and Luis Angel Dalguer (2015) Earthquake supercycle in subduction zones controlled by the width of the seismogenic zone
Nature GeoscienceLink
Chris Goldfinger, Yasutaka Ikeda, Robert S. Yeatsc and Junjie Ren (2013) Superquakes and Supercycles
Seismo. Res. Lett.Link
Summary:Some subduction zones experience earthquake supercycles. Numerical simulations show that successive megathrust earthquakes may load neighbouring parts of the fault, causing it to eventually fail in a giant earthquake that completes a supercycle.

Noah Randolph-Flagg
Xiaopeng Tong, David T. Sandwell, and Bridget Smith-Konter (2015) An integral method to estimate the moment accumulation rate on the Creeping Section of the San Andreas Fault
GJI Link
Summary:GPS + InSAR shows central SAF Creeping Section accumulates 5-25% seismic moment which is not released by seismicity.

     Topics of Interest:

• Rheology 
• Fault Mechanics 
• Earthquake Triggering 
• Aseismic Faulting 
• Transient Deformation 
• Fault Geometry 
• Earthquake Cycle Deformation 
• Volcano Deformation 
• Landslide Deformation 
• GPS 
• InSAR