Fig. 11

Temporal evolution of the simulations for cases (4) and (6), with the same parameters settings as shown in Fig. 7, except that \(w_{0} = 0\). a Shear stress evolution at the center of each patch. The colors correspond to the order of patches, with blue, green, and gray for \(k = 2 , 3 , {\text{and 4}}\), respectively. b Average slip deficit for each patch. \(M_{0}\) is shown with a pink curve. c Average slip rate for each patch. \(\dot{M}_{0}\) is shown with a pink curve. The local peaks of each curve are identified by red points according to the change in sign of the derivative