⚒️ Significant* that scaling relationship is different for supershear earthquakes: “[they] tend to be longer than their subshear counterparts for any given magnitude and thus may expose a greater population to shaking.”
*maybe not surprising, but this is the first time I’ve seen it so baldy stated.
🌟 OPEN ACCESS 🌟 Surface Rupture and Slip Distribution of the 2025 Mw 7.7 Mandalay Earthquake and Updated Length Scaling of Supershear Earthquakes #SRL ⚒️
The M7.7 Myanmar earthquake’s 475 kilometer-long surface rupture is the longest continental strike-slip rupture on record.
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