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18 Jul 2018 quake stress

Posted on July 20, 2018July 20, 2018 by Temblor

Calculations by Shinji Toda (IRIDeS, Tohoku University) and Ross Stein (Temblor) suggest the fault that ruptured in the M=5.7 shock was brought slightly closer to failure by the 2017 M=8.1 Tehauntepec shock. Nevertheless, most aftershocks of the M=8.1 locate much closer to its epicenter, in the very high stress (red) lobes.

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