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New satellite imaging of the Myanmar earthquake area confirms that the rupture was unusually long: ~500 km.
We discuss the data, the rupture, and the implications, in our latest post.
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Distribution of relocated (colored circles) earthquakes and remnant located earthquakes >2.8 (open circles) retrieved from the data of the CMGSMO array projected on a geographic map. CMF, Churachandpur–Mao fault; EIBRSZ, Eastern Indo–Burma ranges seismic zone; KBF, Kabaw fault; KF, Kani fault; YUF, Ye–U fault. Credit: Mon et al., 2023, SRL
🌟OPEN ACCESS: MYANMAR PAPERS🌟As a service to researchers working on the 2025 M7.7 Myanmar earthquake, we have curated a list of papers related to the region and its faults, free until until April 16. ⚒️
#BSSA: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/bssa/pages/a...
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@caltech.edu has a press release about our article recently published in @nature.com. This work is a result of collaborative efforts across disciplines, from seismology (@caltechseismo.bsky.social) to engineering and aeronautics (GALCIT).
Read more here: caltech.edu/about/news/e...
Nature social media account has also shared our paper!
Those without subscription to Nature can read full-text article here: rdcu.be/ediAj
Thanks @springernature.com for the SharedIt initiative.
(4/4) This work has wide-ranging applications in earthquakes, landslides, and material sciences. The longer you wait, the larger the peak friction in subsequent slip events, making seismic hazards healing-dependent.
(3/4) We also find that the slip rates are decreasing logarithmically with time, down to 10^{-12} m/s after a few days. This decaying slip rate reflects healing, suggesting that the interfaces become stronger with time.
(2/4) We mimic this system in our lab and consider the case where shear force is smaller than static friction. Contrary to the traditional understanding, we find that these interfaces are sliding, accumulating the slip of about 1/5 of hair width after 1 day.
(1/4) Imagine a block on an inclined plane. If the incline is very small, the block would not move. One would have to tilt the incline plane upward until gravity overcomes the static friction. This is the traditional understanding of friction.
A chapter from my @caltech.edu PhD thesis has been published in @nature.com. We (me, S. Larochelle, V. Rubino, N. Lapusta, A. Rosakis) show that interfaces under non-zero shear stress are always sliding, even if they appear to be stationary to the naked eye.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
