Violent supershear earthquakes are more common than previously thought

ScienceDaily
Nov 1, 2022, 1:28 am49 pts
About 14% of magnitude 6.7 or greater strike-slip earthquakes since 2000 have been supershear. That's 50% more than previously thought. Supershear earthquakes occur when a fault ruptures faster than seismic shear waves can travel through rock. The events were thought to be rare because scientists had mostly…

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