Fig. 3.From: Nearly complete stress drop in the 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake(a) P, B and T axes of focal mechanisms and (b) best fit principal stress σ1, σ2 and σ3 for earthquakes that occurred after the east off Tohoku earthquake in region A. (c) and (d) show those for events in region B. Focal mechanisms for the period of March 12–April 6 2011 are used for the inversions. Others are the same as in Fig. 2.Back to article page