Fig. 8
From: Dynamics of a fault model with two mechanically different regions
Coseismic phase of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. a Moment rate \({\dot{m}}_{\mathrm{s}}\) (solid) as a function of time, calculated according to (106), compared with the observed moment rate (dashed) reported by Wei et al. (2012). b Evolution of forces \(F_1\) on the asperity (solid) and \(F_2\) on the weak region (dashed), in units of the static friction \(f_{\mathrm{s}}\) of the asperity