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  <dc:creator>W.D. Stuart</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1991</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;On the San Andreas fault near Parkfield, California, rates of seismicity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1,2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and geodetic line shortening&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3,4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;have been lower since 1986 than before. Wyss&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;et al&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1,3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;interpret the rate decreases as precursors to an imminent moderate earthquake (magnitude&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 5.5−6) and estimate the earthquake time to be March 1991 ± 1 yr. The earthquake was previously predicted to occur in 1988 ± 5 yr based on five of six similar earthquakes which occurred at intervals&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="stix"&gt;∼&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;22 yr, the last one in 1966&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Here I present a model that attributes the rate changes to the initiation of slip on a subhorizontal detachment fault under the pending rupture area. In this model, the slip starts late in the seismic cycle, and diminishes the loading rate on the nearby San Andreas, thus acting as a buffer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1038/349058a0</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Springer Nature</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Seismic quiescence at Parkfield due to detachment faulting</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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