Sentences with phrase «friction during the earthquake»

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A temperature anomaly of 0.31 °C indicates coseismic friction was extremely low during the earthquake.

Their results, published December 5 in Science, show that friction on the fault was remarkably low during the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku - Oki earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan in March 2011 and triggered a devastating tsunami.

«How friction evolves during an earthquake: By simulating quakes in a lab, engineers study the way that friction changes along a fault during a seismic event.»

Highly destructive earthquakes caused by subduction occur because of excessive friction that develops during the sliding process, resulting in a build - up of stress.

Friction dissipates heat during an earthquake; therefore, the fault temperature after an earthquake provides insight into the level of fFriction dissipates heat during an earthquake; therefore, the fault temperature after an earthquake provides insight into the level of frictionfriction.

The friction as two massive plates of the Earth's crust slide past one another is dissipated as heat, so temperature measurements can give scientists a handle on the fault's resistance to sliding during the earthquake.