Earthquakes may trigger or retard quakes on nearby faults, but such relationships are difficult to verify. Observations showing that the Landers earthquake in California shut down aftershocks from a preceding event validate such relationships.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 print issues and online access
$259.00 per year
only $21.58 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Stein, R. S. Nature 402, 605–609 (1999).
Kilb, D., Gomberg, J. & Bodin, P. Nature 408, 570–574 (2000).
Toda, S., Stein, R. S., Beroza, G. C. & Marsan, D. Nature Geosci. 5, 410–413 (2012).
Natawidjaja, D. H. et al. J. Geophys. Res. 111, B06403, (2006).
Bakun, W. H. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 89, 764–784 (1999).
King, G. C. P., Stein, R. S. & Lin, J. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 84, 935–93 (1994).
Gomberg, J., Bodin, P. & Reasenberg, P. A. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 93, 118–38 (2003).
Hill, D. P., Reasenberg, P. A., Michael, A. J., Arabasz, W. J. & Beroza, G. C. Science 260, 1617–1623 (1993).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Freed, A. Casting stress shadows. Nature Geosci 5, 371–372 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1489
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1489
This article is cited by
-
Aftershock Decay Rates in the Iranian Plateau
Pure and Applied Geophysics (2016)