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Table 3 Rupture area of the analyzed Kumamoto earthquakes estimated from empirical relation by Somerville et al. (1999) in Eq. (17)

From: Bayesian inference and interpretation of centroid moment tensors of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake sequence, Kyushu, Japan

Event

A (km2)

L (km)

R (km)

No.

M JMA

1

6.5

155.4

12.5

1.3

2

6.4

110.3

10.5

1.1

3

5.9

62.5

7.9

0.2

4

5.8

28.8

5.4

1.6

5

5.4

10.3

3.2

0.0

6

5.4

16.1

4.0

1.7

7

5.4

16.2

4.0

1.6

8

5.1

9.8

3.1

1.7

9

5.0

8.2

2.9

0.3

10

4.9

5.3

2.3

3.9

11

4.8

4.9

2.2

2.6

  1. A is total rupture area and L is rupture length assuming square geometry of the fault plane. Parameter R is the minimum distance in 3D between the hypocenter and the respective fault plane
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