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Dense network of seismometers reveals how the underground ruptures - EurekAlert
The idea that earthquakes release stress by a single strong quake along a single fault plane may need to be corrected. A recent study by researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) with the participation of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and international partner institutions points out that it would be more accurate to speak of a zone with numerous fault planes, some of which are parallel. According to the authors, the results of the study can help to create more realistic models for earthquakes and earthquake hazards in subduction zones. The study has been published in the current issue of the journal Nature.
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