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Deficit of Large Aftershocks as an Indicator of Afterslip at the Sources of Earthquakes in Subduction Zones

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A relative decrease in the fraction of large aftershocks in the first days after earthquakes in subduction zones is demonstrated, and a connection of this phenomenon with aseismic stress release is shown.

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This work was performed as part of a State Assignment of the Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, project no. АААА-А19-119011490127-6, and was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science, MegaGrant no. 14. W03.31.0033.

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  1. Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117997, Moscow, Russia

    P. N. Shebalin, I. A. Vorobieva & S. V. Baranov

  2. Kola Branch, Federal Research Center Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 184209, Apatity, Russia

    S. V. Baranov

  3. Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, 123995, Moscow, Russia

    V. O. Mikhailov

  4. Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    V. O. Mikhailov

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Shebalin, P.N., Vorobieva, I.A., Baranov, S.V. et al. Deficit of Large Aftershocks as an Indicator of Afterslip at the Sources of Earthquakes in Subduction Zones. Dokl. Earth Sc. 498, 423–426 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X21050172

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