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Authors: | Corbi, Fabio* Sandri, Laura* Bedford, Jon* Funiciello, Francesca* Brizzi, Silvia* Rosenau, Mathias* Lallemand, Serge* |
Title: | Machine Learning can predict the timing and size of analog earthquakes | Journal: | Geophysical Research Letters | Series/Report no.: | 3/46 (2019) | Issue Date: | 2019 | DOI: | 10.1029/2018GL081251 | Abstract: | Despite the growing spatio‐temporal density of geophysical observations at subduction zones, predicting the timing and size of future earthquakes remains a challenge. Here, we simulate multiple seismic cycles in a laboratory‐scale subduction zone. The model creates both partial and full margin ruptures, simulating magnitude Mw 6.2‐8.3 earthquakes with a coefficient of variation in recurrence intervals of 0.5, similar to real subduction zones. We show that the common procedure of estimating the next earthquake size from slip‐deficit is unreliable. On the contrary, Machine Learning predicts well the timing and size of laboratory earthquakes by reconstructing and properly interpreting the spatio‐temporally complex loading history of the system. These results promise substantial progress in real earthquake forecasting, as they suggest that the complex motion recorded by geodesists at subduction zones might be diagnostic of earthquake imminence. |
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