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Shaking faults loose

Nature volume 408, pages 533–535 (2000)Cite this article

Earthquakes often induce aftershocks on other faults, but the mechanisms remain elusive. An innovative analysis tells us more about the effects of dynamic stresses caused by the passage of seismic waves.

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Figure 1: The San Francisco Bay area is cut by several large faults, including the San Andreas, which runs through the city of San Francisco, and the Hayward fault east of the bay.

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