Figure 2. The likely rupture area of the Dec. 5, 2024, earthquake is consistent with a gap in the region that has been building at least since 1976. Both the O (in 2000) and T (in 2010) earthquakes, which were magnitude 5.9 events, were too small to accommodate the slip deficit in the likely rupture area. Credit: modified from Rollins and Stein, (2010)