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• What is aftershock
• The modified Omori law
• Omori law for foreshocks
• Aftershocks of aftershocks
• Physical aspects of temporal clustering
Why study aftershocks?
duration
background
Omori law: Aftershocks around the world
Mw5.8
Two weeks later
Omori law: Remote aftershocks
Instantaneous No triggering
triggering
Time Time
Omori law: Remote aftershocks
• But the vast majority aftershocks occur during the days, weeks
and months after the mainshock.
• r is inter-event distance
Mainshock index
Omori law: Aftershocks of aftershocks and the origin of remote
aftershocks
in north1
i>1 is indicative of
seismicity rate increase in the
vicinity of the aftershock in
question, suggesting that the
triggering effect of that
aftershock in that region is
stronger than the triggering
effect of the mainshock and the
previous aftershocks.
Omori law: Aftershocks of aftershocks and the origin of remote
aftershocks
33N.
Omori law: Foreshocks
• The increase in
foreshock rate too
follows an Omori law,
with t being the time to
the mainshock.
The “clock advance” does NOT depend on the time of the stress
application.
Omori law: Physical aspects
Can’t explain
Can explain
Summary:
• Not only aftershocks of large quakes, but also aftershocks of
aftershocks decay according to the modified Omori law.
• Most (if not all) Landers remote aftershocks were not directly
triggered by the Landers earthquake, but are aftershocks of
previous aftershocks.