• Relation between tidal triggering effect and seismicity

    "TidalStrain" that we developed to calculate theoretical tidal strain and stress are now available.

  • Philippine Sea plate

    Plate configuration data are now available.

  • Pacific plate

    Plate configuration data are now available.

Updating information

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"Relation between earthquake swarm activity and tides in the Noto region, Japan" was accepted by EPS.
"Detection of hidden earthquakes after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake by automatic hypocenter determination combined with machine learning" was accepted by EPS.
"Statistical study on the regional characteristics of seismic activity in and around Japan: frequency-magnitude distribution and tidal correlation" was accepted by EPS.
"Simulation of great earthquakes along the Nankai Trough: reproduction of event history, slip areas of the Showa Tonankai and Nankai earthquakes, heterogeneous slip-deficit rates, and long-term slow slip events" was accepted by EPS.
"Efficiency of earthquake forecast models based on earth tidal correlation with background seismicity along the Tonga-Kermadec trench" was accepted by EPS.
"Characteristics of foreshocks revealed by an earthquake forecasting method based on precursory swarm activity" was accepted by JGR.
"Green’s function at depth of borehole observation required for precise estimation of the effect of ocean tidal loading near coasts" was accepted by GJI.
"Noise classification for the unified earthquake catalog using ensemble learning: The enhanced image of seismic activity along the Japan Trench by the S-net seafloor network" was accepted by EPS.
The pages of "Paper & Presentation" and "TidalStrain" was updated.
The pages of "Paper & Presentation" and "TidalStrain" was updated.
The page of "TidalStrain" was updated.
The page of "TidalStrain" was updated.
The page of "TidalStrain" was updated.
The page of "TidalStrain" was updated.
The page of "TidalStrain" was added.
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"Characteristics of shallow low‐frequency earthquakes off the Kii Peninsula, Japan, in 2004 revealed by ocean bottom seismometers" was accepted by GRL.
The new program "TidalStrain" that we developed to calculate theoretical tidal strain and stress are open to the public on Meteorological Research Institute repository.
"Tidal Forcing of Interplate Earthquakes Along the Tonga‐Kermadec Trench" was accepted by JGR.
"Maximum magnitude of subduction earthquakes along the Japan-Kuril-Kamchatka trench estimated from seismic moment conservation" was accepted by GJI.
The page of "Paper & Presentation" was updated.
"Double seismic zone and seismicity in the mantle wedge beneath the Ogasawara Islands identified by an ocean bottom seismometer observation" was accepted by EPS.
The page of "Paper & Presentation" was updated.
"A Historical Record on the 1707 Hoei Earthquake and Hoei Eruption of Mt. Fuji: Investigation and Reprint of the 'Memorandum of a Large Earthquake and an Eruption of Mt. Fuji' in the Documents of Iisaku Family" was accepted by Zisin2.
The page of "Paper & Presentation" was updated.
"Deviation from G-R Law before Great Earthquakes and Recommendation for Earthquake Forecast Models Based on That Feature" was accepted by Zisin2.
The page of "Paper & Presentation" was updated.
The page of "Paper & Presentation" was updated.
The page of "Link" was updated.
"Aseismic slips synchronized with earthquakes in northern Chiba Prefecture, central Japan" was accepted by Zisin2.
Please check ERRATA in our paper [Hirose & Nakanishi, 2015, Zisin2].
The page of "Paper & Presentation" was updated.
"Seismic Ground Motion, Tsunami Damage, and Change of Groundwater Level in the Southernmost of Ehime Prefecture (Ainan-town) Caused by the 1854 Ansei Nankai Earthquake: Usefulness of Document Written by a Village Headman and Potential for Estimation of Crustal Deformation" was accepted by Zisin2.
The page of "Paper & Presentation" was updated.
The page of "Paper & Presentation" was updated.
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"Simulation of recurring earthquakes along the Nankai trough and their relationship to the Tokai long‐term slow slip events taking into account the effect of locally elevated pore pressure and subducting ridges" was accepted by JGR
I sincerely apologize for the mistake in this HP about the quotation of the article related to the northeastern limit of the Philippine Sea slab beneath the Kanto district, and I will correct it as follows:
Wrong: Uchida et al. (2010, JGR)
Right: Uchida et al. (2009, EPSL)

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