Stress Fields & Earthquake Occurrence

Causes, absolute values, and evolution of stress fields during earthquake cycles.

• Sasajima, R., B. Shibazaki, H. Iwamori, K. Yoshida, 2026, Modeling the absolute stress field in the forearc in the northeast Japan region before and after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 13, 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-026-00833-8
• Tagami, A., T. Okada, M. K. Savage, C. Chamberlain, T. Matsuzawa, R. Fujimura, K. Tateiwa, K. Yoshida, R. Takagi, S. Kimura, S. Hirahara, T. Yamada, Y. Ohta, 2025, Evaluation of the favorability of faults to slip: the case of the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, Earth, Planets and Space, 77, 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-025-02235-4
• Orimo, M., Yoshida, K., T. Matsuzawa, A. Hasegawa, M. Yamamoto, 2026, Different Radiation Characteristics Between Foreshocks and Aftershocks of the 2016 Mw 7.0 Kumamoto Earthquake in Kyushu, Japan: Implication of Pore Pressure, Stress Concentration, and Loading Rate, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131, e2025JB032201. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JB032201
• Yoshida, K., S. Ide, 2025, Highly Systematic Response of Seismic Rupture Patterns to Background Loading Rate: Insights From Repeating Earthquakes, Geophysical Research Letters, 52(10), e2025GL115207. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115207
• Yoshida, K., 2024, Spatial variation in stress orientation in and around Türkiye: Rupture propagation across the stress regime transition in the 2023 Mw 7.8 Kahramanmaraş earthquake, Geophysical Journal International, 238(3), 1582–1594. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae230
• Kubota, T., H. Kubo, K. Yoshida, N. Y. Chikasada, W. Suzuki, T. Nakamura, H. Tsushima, 2021, Improving the Constraint on the Mw 7.1 2016 Off-Fukushima Shallow Normal-faulting Earthquake With the High Azimuthal Coverage Tsunami Data From the S-net Wide and Dense Network: Implication for the Stress Regime in the Tohoku Overriding Plate, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(10). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB022223
• Yoshida, K., 2021, Studies about the Impacts of Upward Fluid Migration on the Earthquake Occurrence: Constraints from Seismicity Triggered by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake, Zisin 2, 74, 95–116. https://doi.org/10.4294/zisin.2020-20
• Yoshida, K., T. Matsuzawa, 2020, Heterogeneity in stress field in NE Japan and its implication for the fault strength and the earthquake occurrence mechanism, Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 129(4), 451–471. https://doi.org/10.5026/jgeography.129.451
• Yoshida, K., N. Uchida, S. Hirahara, T. Nakayama, T. Matsuzawa, T. Okada, Y. Matsumoto, A. Hasegawa, 2020, 2019 M6.7 Yamagata-Oki earthquake in the stress shadow of 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake: Was it caused by the reduction in fault strength?, Tectonophysics, 793, 228609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228609
• Yoshida, K., T. Taira, Y. Matsumoto, T. Saito, K. Emoto, T. Matsuzawa, 2020, Stress Release Process Along an Intraplate Fault Analogous to the Plate Boundary: A Case Study of the 2017 M 5.2 Akita-Daisen Earthquake, NE Japan, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(5), e2020JB019527. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019527
• Yoshida, T., R. Takashima, T. Kudo, O. D. A. Prima, S. Maeda, K. Yoshida, T. Okada, S. Miura, T. Takahashi, Y. Nagahashi, K. Kataoka, 2020, Late Cenozoic Igneous Activity and Crustal Structure in the NE Japan Arc: Background of Inland Earthquake Activity, Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 129(4), 529–563. https://doi.org/10.5026/jgeography.129.529
• Yoshida, K., A. Hasegawa, T. Yoshida, T. Matsuzawa, 2019, Heterogeneities in stress and strength in Tohoku and its relationship with earthquake sequences triggered by the 2011 M9 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 176(3), 1335–1355. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-018-2073-9
• Iwata, T., K. Yoshida, Y. Fukahata, 2019, Stress Tensor Inversion Using Seismological Data, Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi), 128(5), 797–811. https://doi.org/10.5026/jgeography.128.797
• Wang, K., L. Brown, Y. Hu, K. Yoshida, J. He, T. Sun, 2019, Stable forearc stressed by a weak megathrust: Mechanical and geodynamic implications of stress changes caused by the M9 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(3), 6179–6194. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB017043
• Maeda, S., T. Matsuzawa, K. Yoshida, T. Okada, T. Yoshida, 2019, Causes of the N-S compressional aftershocks of the E-W compressional 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake (M7.2) in the northeastern Japan arc, Earth, Planets and Space, 71, 94. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-019-1073-z
• Saito, T., A. Noda, K. Yoshida, S. Tanaka, 2018, Shear Strain Energy Change Caused by the Interplate Coupling Along the Nankai Trough: An Integration Analysis Using Stress Tensor Inversion and Slip-Deficit Inversion, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(7), 5975–5986. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB015839
• Maeda, S., T. Matsuzawa, T. Shinji, K. Yoshida, H. Katao, 2018, Complex microseismic activity and depth-dependent stress field changes in Wakayama, southwestern Japan, Earth, Planets and Space, 70, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-018-0788-6
• Urata, Y., K. Yoshida, E. Fukuyama, H. Kubo, 2017, 3-D Dynamic Rupture Simulations of the 2016 Kumamoto, Japan, Earthquake, Earth, Planets and Space, 69, 150. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-017-0733-0
• Yoshida, K., A. Hasegawa, T. Saito, Y. Asano, S. Tanaka, K. Sawazaki, Y. Urata, E. Fukuyama, 2016, Stress rotations due to the M6.5 foreshock and M7.3 mainshock in the 2016 Kumamoto, SW Japan, earthquake sequence, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 10,097–10,104. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL0705812
• Yoshida, K., A. Hasegawa, T. Yoshida, 2016, Temporal variation of frictional strength in an earthquake swarm in NE Japan caused by fluid migration, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121, 4047–4063. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013022
• Yoshida, K., A. Hasegawa, T. Okada, 2016, Heterogeneous stress field in the source area of the 2003 M6.4 Northern Miyagi Prefecture, NE Japan, earthquake, Geophysical Journal International, 206(1), 408–419. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggw160
• Shibazaki, B., T. Okada, J. Muto, T. Matsumoto, T. Yoshida, K. Yoshida, 2016, Heterogeneous stress state of island arc crust in northeastern Japan affected by hot mantle fingers, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(4), 3019–3036. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012664
• Yoshida, K., N. Pulido, E. Fukuyama, 2016, Unusual stress rotations within the Philippines possibly caused by slip heterogeneity along the Philippine fault, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(3), 1826–1840. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012275
• Yoshida, K., A. Hasegawa, T. Okada, 2015, Spatial variation of stress orientations in NE Japan revealed by dense seismic observations, Tectonophysics, 647–648, 63–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2015.02.013
• Yoshida, K., A. Hasegawa, T. Okada, 2015, Spatially heterogeneous stress field in the source area of the 2011 Mw 6.6 Fukushima-Hamadori earthquake, NE Japan, probably caused by static stress change, Geophysical Journal International, 201(2), 1060–1069. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggv068
• Hasegawa, A., K. Yoshida, 2015, Preceding seismic activity and slow slip events in the source area of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake: A review, Geoscience Letters, 2, 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-015-0025-0
• Yoshida, K., A. Hasegawa, T. Okada, T. Iinuma, 2014, Changes in the stress field after the 2008 M7.2 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake in northeastern Japan, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(12), 9016–9030. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011291
• Yoshida, K., A. Hasegawa, T. Okada, H. Takahashi, M. Kosuga, T. Iwasaki, Y. Yamanaka, H. Katao, Y. Iio, A. Kubo, T. Matsushima, H. Miyamachi, Y. Asano, 2014, Pore pressure distribution in the focal region of the 2008 M7.2 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Earth, Planets and Space, 66, 59. https://doi.org/10.1186/1880-5981-66-59
• Yoshida, K., A. Hasegawa, T. Okada, J. Nakajima, T. Iinuma, Y. Ito, Y. Asano, 2013, Stress fields in NE Japan before and after the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake, Proceedings of the 11th SEGJ International Symposium, Yokohama, Japan, 18–21 November 2013. https://doi.org/10.1190/segj112013-126
• Nakajima, J., K. Yoshida, A. Hasegawa, 2013, An intraslab seismic sequence activated by the Tohoku-oki earthquake: Evidence for fluid-related embrittlement, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 118, 3492–3505. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50246
• Hasegawa, A., K. Yoshida, Y. Asano, T. Okada, T. Iinuma, Y. Ito, 2012, Change in stress field after the 2011 great Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 355–356, 231–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.042
• Yoshida, K., A. Hasegawa, T. Okada, T. Iinuma, Y. Ito, Y. Asano, 2012, Stress before and after the 2011 great Tohoku-oki earthquake and induced earthquakes in inland areas of eastern Japan, Geophysical Research Letters, 39(3), L03302. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049729
• Hasegawa, A., K. Yoshida, T. Okada, 2011, Nearly complete stress drop in the 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Earth, Planets and Space, 63, 703–707. https://doi.org/10.5047/eps.2011.06.007

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