... inflexion on the cumulative moment curve corresponded to a sharp hop on the temporal fluctuation of b value. This might due to the fact that b value indicates stress condition in the same region. Earthquake releases strain energy, causing stress to change. As a result, the temporal undulation of b...

... are equivalent to the 2008Wenchuan earthquake (∼3 m) in situ which proves that it was possibly a newly born rupture and did not follow the preexistent fault line. Qipanshi Village is located in the jog of the Yingxiu-Beichuan fault. The strain energy accumulated in the jog zone due to different movement...