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seismic gap hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Seismology

hypothesis that segments of active plate boundaries without a recent large earthquake are the likeliest sites of the next one.

In seismology, seismic gap hypothesis refers to hypothesis that segments of active plate boundaries without a recent large earthquake are the likeliest sites of the next one. This meaning comes from McCann (1979) in pure and applied geophysics.[1]

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References

McCann, W. R., Nishenko, S. P., Sykes, L. R., & Krause, J. (1979). Seismic gaps and plate tectonics: Seismic potential for major boundaries. pure and applied geophysics, 117(6), 1082-1147. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00876211

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