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    geology, aseismic creep or fault creep is measurable surface displacement along a fault in the absence of notable earthquakes. Aseismic creep may also...
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  • adhesion Idle creep, the tendency of a car with an automatic transmission to roll without the brakes engaged or the gear set to neutral Aseismic creep, a slow...
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    the cause of most earthquakes. Faults may also displace slowly, by aseismic creep. A fault plane is the plane that represents the fracture surface of...
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  • the fault may become locked, rather than continuously slipping as in aseismic creep. Earthquake rupture generally begins with the failure of an asperity...
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    that have shifted more than five feet relative to one another due to aseismic creep since the bridge was constructed in 1936. Google satellite images show...
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    segments of the fault includes moderate and large earthquakes as well as aseismic creep. The last large event was the magnitude 6.2 1984 Morgan Hill event....
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  • active geologic fault in the Earth. Its function is to record the slow, aseismic creep between earthquakes. The measurement range of a creepmeter is usually...
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    among geologists because it represents one of the best examples of aseismic creep anywhere in the world. The Calaveras Fault (a branch of the San Andreas...
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    rest of the central section of the fault exhibits a phenomenon called aseismic creep, where the fault slips continuously without causing earthquakes. It...
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  • fault presently is largely aseismic, with no earthquakes recorded along its Holocene trace or any evidence of aseismic creep although minor seismicity...
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    Francisco, the central SAF segment near San Juan Bautista is where aseismic creep was first studied, and to the south is where the recurring Parkfield...
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  • none of the motion on the Plantain Garden fault is accommodated by aseismic creep. Jamaica portal Earth sciences portal List of historical earthquakes...
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  • earthquake on another part of the fault or because the next segment moves by aseismic creep, such that the stress never builds sufficiently to support rupture propagation...
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    headwalls and sidewalls. Subduction of seamounts and aseismic ridges into the trench may increase aseismic creep and reduce the severity of earthquakes. Contrariwise...
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    the Luhuo, Daofu, Qianning, Kangding and Moxi. There is evidence of aseismic creep along much of this segment.An overall slip rate of 12 mm per year has...
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    1999 concluded that the western flank is stable with no evidence of aseismic creep. Other experts agree that the fracture resulting from the 1949 eruption...
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    Turkey–Syria earthquake M7.8 in Turkey, strike-slip faulting - 400 km (250 mi) Aseismic creep Ground fissure Vertical displacement "What is Surface Rupture". USGS...
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    of the fault is locked, certain segments have been shown to move by aseismic creep, which is motion without resulting earthquakes. The Garlock is not considered...
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  • surface. Such cracks are typically found in asphalt roadways due to aseismic creep and in other planar structures such as walls and building facades due...
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    R.; Vernon, A.; Vajedian, S. (2022). "Complex rupture and triggered aseismic creep during the August 14, 2021 Haiti earthquake from satellite geodesy"...
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  • a year each time, releasing as much energy as a magnitude 7 quake. Aseismic creep Long period ground motion Michael R. Forrest. "Slow Earthquakes". Scec...
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    California. This slippage is accommodated by ruptures (earthquakes) and aseismic creep on the various faults, with the frequency of ruptures dependent (in...
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  • city. After the earthquake, the fault displayed a phenomenon known as aseismic creep, observed only along the central and southernmost section of the rupture...
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    plane in buried rupture earthquakes makes for large tsunami waves. Aseismic creep "Observed differences in ground motions" (PDF). IJR. Retrieved 30 October...
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    Calcite slickenfibres have recently been used to constrain the depth of aseismic creep in the Zagros Mountains as well as the orientation of stress acting...
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    approaching the end of its interseismic stage. A significant amount of aseismic slow slip and creep during the interseismic period has also been discovered on both...
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    along the trench, it is thought to be accommodating strain through aseismic creep for most of its length. The 17 February 1996 earthquake near Biak was...
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    earthquake sometime in the future Orogeny – The formation of mountain ranges Aseismic creep Brune, J.N. (1970). "Tectonic stress and the spectra of seismic shear...
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    (19–25 mi) section of the fault that displays a phenomenon known as an aseismic creep at shallow depths. The fault was the source of two very large and destructive...
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  • insufficient to account for the long-term slip-rate, suggesting that either aseismic creep is important in this fault zone or that other strands have been active...
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