Two end-member earthquake preparations illuminated by foreshock activity on a meter-scale laboratory fault.

Nat Commun · 2021 · PMC8280151 · PMID 34262027

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Investigation of foreshock activity revealed a decreasing trend of b value toward the mainshock (Fig. 3a, b ).

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