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JDR Vol.9 No.3 pp. 272-280
(2014)
doi: 10.20965/jdr.2014.p0272

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Review: Source Models of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Long-Term Forecast of Large Earthquakes

Kenji Satake* and Yushiro Fujii**

*Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan

**International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Building Research Institute, 1 Tachihara, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0802, Japan

Received:
January 8, 2014
Accepted:
April 1, 2014
Published:
June 1, 2014
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Keywords:
2011 Tohoku earthquake, source model, tsunami, long-term forecast, supercycle
Abstract
Numerous source models of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake have been proposed based on seismic, geodetic and tsunami data. Common features include a seismic moment of ∼ 4×1022 Nm, a duration of up to ∼ 160 s, and the largest slip of about 50 m east of the epicenter. Exact locations of this largest slip differ with the model, but all show considerable slip near the trench axis where plate coupling was considered to be weak and also at deeper part where M∼7 earthquakes repeatedly occurred at average 37-year intervals. The long-term forecast of large earthquakes made by the Earthquake Research Committee was based on earthquakes occurring in the last few centuries and did not consider such a giant earthquake. Among the several issues remaining unsolved is the tsunami source model. Coastal tsunami height distribution requires a tsunami source delayed by a few minutes and extending north of the epicenter, but seismic data do not indicate such a delayed rupture and there is no clear evidence of additional sources such as submarine landslides along the trench axis. Long-term forecast of giant earthquakes must incorporate non-characteristic models such as earthquake occurrence supercycles, assessments of maximum earthquake size independent of past data, and plate coupling based on marine geodetic data. To assess ground shaking and tsunami in presumed M∼9 earthquakes, characterization and scaling relation fromglobal earthquakes must be used.
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K. Satake and Y. Fujii, “Review: Source Models of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Long-Term Forecast of Large Earthquakes,” J. Disaster Res., Vol.9 No.3, pp. 272-280, 2014.
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