Earth, Planets and Space

Table 7 Stress field parameters for the 2016 Oshika Peninsula earthquake

From: Stress field in northeastern Japan and its relationship with faults of recent earthquakes

Area	Michael’s method				Slip instability method
	σ1 azimuth plunge	σ2 azimuth plunge	σ3 azimuth plunge	φ min best max	σ1 azimuth plunge	σ2 azimuth plunge	σ3 azimuth plunge	φ min best max
8–P	− 5	87	− 101	0.01 0.24 0.66	7	277	136	0.16 0.29 0.39
8–P	3	31	59	0.01 0.24 0.66	3	4	85	0.16 0.29 0.39
8–F + P	− 2	92	− 100	0.03 0.29 0.65	4	99	268	0.16 0.32 0.39
8–F + P	6	38	52	0.03 0.29 0.65	6	42	48	0.16 0.32 0.39

The number and letter codes in the Area column correspond to the subareas identified in Figs. 5 and 11

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