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Table 1 Model parameters

From: Dynamic nucleation as a cascade-up of earthquakes depending on rupture propagation velocity

Parameter

Quantity (unit)

Rigidity \(\mu\)

32.4 (GPa)

Normalized shear and compressional wave velocities \({v}_{s}\) and \({v}_{p}\)

1 and 1.73

Initial stress \({\sigma }_{0}\)

3–4 (MPa)

Peak strength \({\sigma }_{p}\)

8–20 (MPa)

Slip weakening rate Dc’ (Fig. 3b)

0.001–0.1