Tomography of the Source Area of the 1995 Kobe Earthquake: Evidence for Fluids at the Hypocenter?

@article{Zhao1996TomographyOT,
  title={Tomography of the Source Area of the 1995 Kobe Earthquake: Evidence for Fluids at the Hypocenter?},
  author={Dapeng Zhao and Hiroo Kanamori and Hiroaki Negishi and Douglas A. Wiens},
  journal={Science},
  year={1996},
  volume={274},
  pages={1891 - 1894}
}
Seismic tomography revealed a low seismic velocity (−5%) and high Poisson's ratio (+6%) anomaly covering about 300 square kilometers at the hypocenter of the 17 January 1995, magnitude 7.2, Kobe earthquake in Japan. This anomaly may be due to an overpressurized, fluid-filled, fractured rock matrix that contributed to the initiation of the Kobe earthquake. 
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