| Abstract: | Near-source observations of five M 3.8-5.2 earthquakes near Ridgecrest, California are consistent with the presence of a seismic nucleation phase. These earthquakes start abruptly, but then slow or stop before rapidly growing again toward their maximum rate of moment release. Deconvolution of instrument and path effects by empirical Green‘s functions demonstrates that the initial complexity at the start of the earthquake is a source effect. The rapid growth of the P-wave arrival at the start of the seismic nucleation phase supports the conclusion of Mori and Kanamori [1996] that these earthquakes begin without a magnitude-scaled slow initial phase of the type observed by Iio [1992, 1995]. |
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| Citation Author: | Ellsworth, W. L.; Beroza, G. C. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Geophysical Research Letters |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Observation of the seismic nucleation phase in the Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence; 1998; Article; Journal; Geophysical Research Letters; Ellsworth, W. L.; Beroza, G. C. |
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| Citation Volume: | 25 |
| Citation Year: | 1998 |
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| Text: | Observation of the seismic nucleation phase in the Ridgecrest, California, earthquake sequence; 1998; Article; Journal; Geophysical Research Letters; Ellsworth, W. L.; Beroza, G. C. |
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| Date Other: | Thu, 1 Jan 1998 00:00 -0600 |
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