Figure 5. (a) The seismograms generated by the magnitude-7.8 (top) and magnitude-7.5 (bottom) earthquakes, recorded at MAJO station. (b) A finite source model for the magnitude-7.5 event. The negative distances extend toward the east and the positive distances toward the west. The rupture area is depicted in Figure 3 by the aftershock distribution. Credit: Erdik, Tümsa, Pınar, Altunel, and Zülfikar
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