An earthquake occurring within one tectonic plate can trigger another earthquake at a distant plate boundary

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Geophysical studies and recent observational models indicate that large earthquakes can dynamically trigger seismicity or stress changes across distant plate boundaries and intraplate regions.

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The claim that an earthquake within one tectonic plate or boundary can trigger seismicity at a distant boundary is supported by multiple papers examining remote dynamic triggering, stress transfer, and plate-margin interactions.

Evidence for · 3

Putting faults in the northern Chilean subduction margin into motion: evidence for remote dynamic earthquake triggering on the plate interface and within the forearc

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Rebecca Harrington, Debi Kilb, Marco Roth, Pia Victor, Alessandro Verdecchia. Putting faults in the northern Chilean subduction margin into motion: evidence for remote dynamic earthquake triggering on the plate interface and within the forearc. 2024. https://doi.org/10.26443/seismica.v3i2.1384

Paper 0 documents remote dynamic earthquake triggering both on the plate interface and within forearc regions.

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The Earth's "Long Chord" and "Lever": A Spatiotemporal Correlation Test for Cross-Scale Remote Earthquake Triggering

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Fenglei Kang, fenglei kang. The Earth's "Long Chord" and "Lever": A Spatiotemporal Correlation Test for Cross-Scale Remote Earthquake Triggering. 2026. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.15005822/v1

Paper 9 proposes and tests the Tripartite Spatiotemporal Triggering Hypothesis, validating cross-scale remote earthquake triggering across plate margins.

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The Earth's "Long Chord" and "Lever": A Spatiotemporal Correlation Test for Cross-Scale Remote Earthquake Triggering

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Kang Fenglei, fenglei kang. The Earth's "Long Chord" and "Lever": A Spatiotemporal Correlation Test for Cross-Scale Remote Earthquake Triggering. 2026. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.15006120/v1

Paper 10 presents empirical evidence from global earthquake sequences supporting plate-margin stress transfer and remote triggering mechanisms.

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first checked02 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 7802 Aug 2026

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