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Pre-slip

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In seismology, pre-slip is a phenomenon in which part of a hard bonded region underground detaches and begins to slip by slow. It often occurs before a major earthquake occurs at the plate boundary.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Uyead, Seiya; Nahaio, Toshiyasu; Kamogawa, Masashi (2011). "Earthquake precursors and prediction". In Harsh. K Gupta (ed.). Encyclopedia of solid earth geophysics. Springer Science & Business Media.
  2. ^ Information on the Tokai Earthquake - JMA