Were changes in stress state responsible for the 2019 Ridgecrest, California, earthquakes?

Nat Commun · 2020 · PMC7299982 · PMID 32555220

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Near the future M 7.1 hypocenter, there was a gradual increase in φ to values above 1, while in other regions, φ-values showed low values or a decreasing trend to values of φ ~ 1 or below 1.

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