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Table 1 Table 2.

From: Using the 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake to test the Coulomb stress triggering hypothesis and to calculate faults brought closer to failure

#

Occurrence time (local time) mo/dy/yr hr:mn

Lon. (°)

Lat. (°)

Depth (km)

M w

M j

strike NP1 (°)

dip NP1 (°)

rake NP1 (°)

normal stress (bar)

shear stress (bar)

Coulomb stress μ = 0.8 (bar) μ = 0.4 (bar)

strike NP2 (°)

dip NP2 (°)

rake NP2 (°)

normal stress (bar)

shear stress (bar)

Coulomb stress

μ = 0.4

(bar) μ = 0.8 (bar)

1

2011.3.11 15:26

144.63

38.27

21.1

7.6

7.5

182

42

−100

−9.3

2.2

−1.5

−5.2

15

49

−81

4.9

2.2

4.1

6.1

2

2011.3.12 3:59

138.59

37.08

12.0

6.3

6.7

28

33

58

0.7

−0.3

0.0

0.3

244

63

109

0.1

−0.3

−0.3

−0.2

3

2011.3.12 4:46

139.15

40.4

12.0

6.2

6.4

27

78

−177

1.9

0.5

1.2

2.0

296

87

−12

0.0

0.5

0.5

0.5

4

2011.3.15 22:31

138.65

35.29

17.7

5.9

6.4

296

70

172

0.7

0.4

0.6

0.9

29

82

20

−0.1

0.4

0.3

0.3

5

2011.3.19 18:56

140.55

36.85

12.0

5.8

6.1

146

44

−81

3.2

3.9

5.1

6.4

314

47

−98

3.3

3.9

5.2

6.5

6

2011.3.23 7:12

140.78

37.09

12.0

5.7

6.0

15

37

−92

5.4

6.6

8.8

11.0

197

53

−89

9.0

6.6

10.2

13.8

7

2011.3.23 7:36

140.76

37.05

12.4

5.4

5.8

182

42

−92

6.4

7.1

9.7

12.3

5

48

−88

8.3

7.1

10.4

13.8

  1. Wei and Sladen (2011) plus the Mw =7.9 aftershock model from this study are used as sources. Mj is JMA magnitude. NP1 = Nodal Plane 1, etc. μ = friction coefficient.