Study on Coulomb Stress Triggering of the April 2015 M7.8 Nepal Earthquake Sequence

Figure 4

Coulomb stress changes on both nodal planes of 4  aftershocks triggered by the 2015 Nepal M7.8 earthquake based on Han Yue’s kinematic rupture model (unit: bar). (a) 2015-04-25, M6.6, nodal plane: 271, 21, 64, depth: 10.0 km; (b) 2015-04-25, M6.6, nodal plane: 119, 71, 100, depth: 10.0 km; (c) 2015-04-26, M6.7, nodal plane: 285, 12, 94, depth: 22.9 km; (d) 2015-04-26, M6.7, nodal plane: 100, 78, 89, depth: 22.9 km; (e) 2015-05-12, M7.3, nodal plane: 303, 9, 110, depth: 15.5 km; (f) 2015-05-12, M7.3, nodal plane: 102, 82, 87, depth: 15.5 km; (g) 2015-05-12, M6.3, nodal plane: 274, 14, 89, depth: 15.5 km; (h) 2015-05-12, M6.3, nodal plane: 95, 76, 90, depth: 15.5 km.

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