Universal precursor seismicity pattern before locked-segment rupture and evolutionary rule for landmark earthquakes

• Published in: Di xue qian yuan. Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 101314
• Main Authors: Chen, Hongran, Qin, Siqing, Xue, Lei, Yang, Baicun, Zhang, Ke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 01.05.2022; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Constraint modelling; Earthquake prediction; Earthquakes; Landmark earthquake; Locked segment; Peak-stress point; Precursor; Precursors; Rupture; Segments; Seismic activity; Seismicity; Volume-expansion point; Peak-stress point; Landmark earthquake; Precursor; Locked segment; Volume-expansion point

[Display omitted] •Locked segments dominate the generation of tectonic earthquakes.•Landmark earthquakes occur at two points of a locked segment.•Evolution of landmark earthquakes follows deterministic rule. Despite extensive investigations, no precursor patterns for reliably predicting major earthq...