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Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-641-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-641-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
Research article
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14 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 14 Jul 2025

The size distributions of fractures and earthquakes: implications for orogen-internal seismogenic deformation

Sandro Truttmann, Tobias Diehl, Marco Herwegh, and Stefan Wiemer

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Our study investigates the statistical relationship between geological fractures and earthquakes in the southwestern Swiss Alps. We analyze how the fracture size and earthquake rupture are related and find differences in how fractures at different depths rupture seismically. While shallow fractures tend to rupture only partially, deeper fractures are more likely to rupture along their entire length, potentially resulting in larger earthquakes.
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