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Table 2 Parameters used in dynamic rupture simulations

From: 3-D dynamic rupture simulations of the 2016 Kumamoto, Japan, earthquake

Property

Value

Strike of the maximum principal stress, \(\sigma_{1}\)

N68.83°Ea

Dip of the maximum principal stress, \(\sigma_{1}\)

3.69°a

Strike of the intermediate principal stress, \(\sigma_{2}\)

N232.98°Ea

Dip of the intermediate principal stress, \(\sigma_{2}\)

86.17°a

Strike of the minimum principal stress, \(\sigma_{3}\)

N338.77° Ea

Dip of the minimum principal stress, \(\sigma_{3}\)

1.04°a

Stress ratio, \(R = \frac{{\sigma_{1} - \sigma_{2} }}{{\sigma_{1} - \sigma_{3} }}\)

0.19a

P-wave velocity

5912.5 m/sb

S-wave velocity

3413.6 m/sb

Rock density

2700 kg/m3

  1. aThe regional stress field was estimated by Yoshida et al. (2016)
  2. bAverages of the velocities at depths from 0 to 20 km obtained by Saiga et al. (2010)