What does a seismogenic fault look like? We can sometimes observe surface earthquake faults, which propagate ruptures from the hypocenter to the ground surface. In 2016, intense seismicity was observed during the Kumamoto earthquake sequence in Japan. This sequence consisted of many shallow earthquakes, including a strong foreshock and the subsequent mainshock with numerous aftershocks. The earthq ...[Read More]
Where earthquake faults reach the ground surface: insight from 2016 Kumamoto event
Futagawa fault cutting across a road. Picture taken shortly after the earthquake in 2016 (Kumamoto Earthquake Memorial Museum KIOKU, 2025)