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The Radiated Seismic Energy and Apparent
Stress of Interplate and Intraslab Earthquakes at Subduction Zone Environments:
Implications for Seismic Hazard Estimation
Open-File Report 01-0005
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Figure 1b.
ES-M0 plot for the subset of 355 shallow-focus
earthquakes located near subduction zones with predominantly thrust-faulting
focal mechanisms. The geometric spread is significantly smaller for this subset
than for the set of worldwide earthquakes.