Articles | Volume 8, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-857-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-8-857-2017
Research article
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05 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 05 Sep 2017

Earthquake static stress transfer in the 2013 Gulf of Valencia (Spain) seismic sequence

Lluís Saló, Tànit Frontera, Xavier Goula, Luis G. Pujades, and Alberto Ledesma

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Fault movement on the crust is governed by stress levels. Our study focuses on the effect of stress transfer between faults, a mechanism long known to have potential for generating earthquakes. Our results suggest that static stress transfer would have acted as a destabilizing trigger during the sequence and that the experienced events would not have shortened the occurrence of future damaging shakes. The study aims to provide insight on an issue related to energy resources management.