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Western U.S./Canada Adrian Baez-Alicea

What happened this week? 36 total earthquakes in Western U.S. and Canada largest being a M4.3, 27mi from Big Bear City, CA 44 total earthquakes in Oklahoma……largest was a a M3.9, 4mi from Edmond, OK

Asperities unevenness of surface, roughness, ruggedness Southeastward perspective view of the 3-D megathrust interface and its discretization An asperity model for fault creep and interseismic deformation in northeastern Japan; Ravi V. S. Kanda, Eric A. Hetland and Mark Simons Accepted 2012 October 12. Received 2012 October 10; in original form 2012 January 13

Upper plate deformation associated with seamount subduction S Upper plate deformation associated with seamount subduction S. Dominguez , S.E. Lallemand, J. Malavieille, R. von Huene Laboratoire de Geophysique et Tectonique, UMR 5573, Universite de Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France b GEOMAR, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat, 24148 Kiel, Germany Received 4 March 1997; accepted 24 March 1998

Upper plate deformation associated with seamount subduction S Upper plate deformation associated with seamount subduction S. Dominguez , S.E. Lallemand, J. Malavieille, R. von Huene Laboratoire de Geophysique et Tectonique, UMR 5573, Universite de Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France b GEOMAR, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat, 24148 Kiel, Germany Received 4 March 1997; accepted 24 March 1998

Upper plate deformation associated with seamount subduction S Upper plate deformation associated with seamount subduction S. Dominguez , S.E. Lallemand, J. Malavieille, R. von Huene Laboratoire de Geophysique et Tectonique, UMR 5573, Universite de Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France b GEOMAR, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat, 24148 Kiel, Germany Received 4 March 1997; accepted 24 March 1998