Lab earthquakes confirm the theory of frictional slip pulses

Large natural earthquakes are typically mediated by frictional pulse-like rupture, which features a finite slipping zone.

Large natural earthquakes are typically mediated by frictional pulse-like rupture, which features a finite slipping zone. Recently, a comprehensive two-dimensional theory of frictional slip pulses has been developed. It predicts that pulses are categorically unstable rupture…