Using a simple spring-block model and a rate- and state-dependent friction law incorporating the effect of temperature variation, I perform a numerical simulation of aseismic sliding prior to unstable (seismic) faulting. ...

The theoretical scaling of near-field peak ground acceleration and peak ground velocity with moment magnitude, Mw , is found using an L model of rupture. This scaling matches well with the magnitude scaling of recent ...

A simple mechanical model and dimensional analysis are used to derive a scaling law for the partitioning between slip rate on a strike-slip fault and distributed deformation in the far-field. The depth of the fault, the ...