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The occurrence of cyclical instabilities along plate boundaries at regular intervals suggests that the process of earthquake causation differs in some respects from the model of elastic rebound in its simplest forms. The model of tectonic feedback modifies the concept of this original model in that it provides a physical interaction between the loading rate and the state of strain on the fault. Two examples are developed: (a) Central Chile, and (b) Mexico. The predictions of earthquake hazards for both types of models are compared.
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Lomnitz, C. Tectonic feedback and the earthquake cycle. PAGEOPH 123, 667–682 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00878401
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