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This chapter introduces earthquake seismology, in particular friction models for earthquake genesis, source mechanisms, moment tensors, and the Gutenberg-Richter law. The objective is to acquire confidence with the focal mechanisms representation (beach balls) and the recurrence time of earthquakes.
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Schettino, A. (2015). Earthquakes. In: Quantitative Plate Tectonics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09135-8_10
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