Fig. 9

Example simulation with PE for a fault governed by the aging law. a Cumulative slip distribution, blue: every \({10}^{8} \, \text{s}\), red: every \(0.02 \, \text{s}\) during earthquakes. Integers indicate ordinal numbers of earthquakes in the simulated sequence. b Shear stress (red) and strength (bule) of the fault relative to the reference at \(x=0.5\Delta {x}^{\text{sl}}=R/2048\) as a function of time after the 19th earthquake. c Slip rate near the center, \(x=0.5\Delta {x}^{\text{sl}}\) as a function of time after the 19th earthquake