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Table 1 The estimated moment, moment magnitude (Mw) and maximum slip for the past four major Bungo channel SSEs

From: Long-term slow slip events along the Nankai trough delayed by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, Japan

 

Moment Nm

Mw

Maximum slip

2018/2/1–2019/8/1

44 (×1018)

7.0

30 cm (36 cm in northern Hyuga-nada)

2009/7/1–2011/3/1

33 (×1018)

6.9

31 cm

2003/2/1–2004/2/1

25 (×1018)

6.8

37 cm

1996/9/1–1998/7/1

42 (×1018)

7.0

33 cm

  1. The slip in 2018–2019 in the same grid knot as those for the past SSEs is 30 cm, although the maximum slip is 36 cm in the northern Hyuga-nada Sea grid knot. The 1996–1997 SSE does not include slip in southern Hyuga-nada Sea
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