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Source characteristics and along-strike variations of shallow very low frequency earthquake swarms on the Nankai Trough shallow plate boundary
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  • Shunsuke Takemura,
  • Satoru Baba,
  • Suguru Yabe,
  • Kentaro Emoto,
  • Katsuhiko Shiomi,
  • Takanori Matsuzawa
Shunsuke Takemura
Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo

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Satoru Baba
Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo
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Suguru Yabe
Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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Kentaro Emoto
Tohoku University, Tohoku University, Tohoku University
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Katsuhiko Shiomi
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
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Takanori Matsuzawa
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
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Abstract

We detected shallow very low frequency earthquakes (VLFEs) off the Cape Muroto and Kii Channel in the Nankai subduction zone and estimated their moment rate functions. Combining the new and previously estimated catalogs, we obtained the comprehensive catalog of shallow VLFE moment rate functions along the Nankai Trough. We defined the shallow VLFE swarms and investigated the scaling relationships of their cumulative moments, activity area, and durations in each region. Detected swarms were considered candidates for shallow slow slip events. A similar scaling relationship was observed between the cumulative moments and activity areas, irrespective of regions. It indicates similar stress drops in each region. However, the relationship between the cumulative moments and durations varied. This difference was explained by the along-strike variations in the faulting conditions of shallow slow earthquakes, such as material or hydrological properties.
16 Jun 2022Published in Geophysical Research Letters volume 49 issue 11. 10.1029/2022GL097979