Seismology
In Our Time: Science
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What Does Slow Slip Mean for Seismic Hazard?
The movement on the faults is much too slow to produce seismic waves and shaking. Slow slip events are happening over parts of the fault a few tens of kilometers in length. Could these slow slip events actually trigger a large earthquake in the future? So we've still got a lot to learn about what slow slip means for seismic hazard. But at the moment the science, it's only 20 years old, so it's still in its infancy.
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