M.L. Blanpied N.M. Beeler J. Gomberg 1997 <p>We demonstrate qualitatively that frictional instability theory provides a context for understanding how earthquakes may be triggered by transient loads associated with seismic waves from near and distance earthquakes. We assume that earthquake triggering is a stick-slip process and test two hypotheses about the effect of transients on the timing of instabilities using a simple spring-slider model and a rate- and state-dependent friction constitutive law. A critical triggering threshold is implicit in such a model formulation.</p> application/pdf 10.1785/BSSA0870020294 en Seismological Society of America Transient triggering of near and distant earthquakes article