New dynamic computer model first to show full history of a fault segment

Scientists hope findings bring them closer to earthquake forecasting.

Link to earthquakes unclear, but tremors seem to increase stress on shallower fracture zone.

Using a technique normally used for detecting weak tremors, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that the 2004 magnitude 6 earthquake along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas fault exhibited almost 11 times more aftershocks than previously thought.

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