Hi Bo
Somehow, I'm not comforted by the decrease. Perhaps particularly that it's such a decrease over a decade or so.
That is, wouldn't that be an indicator that things may be locking together for a MORE massive release when such releases???
I will mention that I did not say the decrease was good. It may not be, but on the other hand stress may have been increased in some areas and released in others. This is something I am currently looking at to see if there is any pattern that can be seen. The problem is that this area never had a quake like this in living history.
An idle curiosity is coming to mind as I ponder the above. I don't know if you want to bother with it, or not.
We've had Banda Ache . . . and Japan . . . What 5 other areas do you think would be the
MOST LIKELY
however remote the possibility
of a 9.X quake?
5 others? I am not sure that there would be 5 others not known but of the known potential candidates there is Cascadia, Alaska, Kamchatka, Chile and of course Peru is also a candidate as is Lisbon and China. Some would say San Andreas and/or New Madrid but personally I don't think either of these have the potential for a magnitude 9+
