Attn: Quake nerds This article argues against a pronouncement by Japan’s Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion (HERP) that the January 3 quake was not related to the 2016 quakes:
“Immediately after the M=5.1 shock, HERP (2019) announced that there is no causal relation between the 3 Jan 2019 shock and the 15 April 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. In contrast, we contend that the M=5.1 is instead part of the long-lasting and remarkably widespread aftershock sequence of the M=7.0 Kumamoto earthquake.”
– Kirk
