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Fig. 5

From: Surface fault ruptures associated with the 14 April foreshock (Mj 6.5) of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence, southwest Japan

Fig. 5

Snapshots of surface ruptures related to the largest foreshock and mainshock at each site shown in Fig. 1c. a Right-lateral offset of a creek. The dextral offset was ca. 20 cm after the mainshock, almost half of which was associated with the largest foreshock. b An open crack, which appeared in association with the largest foreshock and later enlarged due to the mainshock. c An open crack, whose width was ca. 2 cm after the largest foreshock and ca. 5 cm after the mainshock

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