Excellent and well-focused review and re-analysis!
Just a quick point - while the hypocenter vs centroid location question is not simple, I think the latter is the better choice. Earthquakes are essentially happening everywhere all the time, the decisive factor for the biggest events is likely to be the physical state where the event accumulates most of its moment.
Unless one chooses to interpret that the eventual rupture pattern is determined by the qualities of the slip pulse generated near the hypocenter, which has been sort of implied sometimes, but I would not favor.
Excellent and well-focused review and re-analysis!
Just a quick point - while the hypocenter vs centroid location question is not simple, I think the latter is the better choice. Earthquakes are essentially happening everywhere all the time, the decisive factor for the biggest events is likely to be the physical state where the event accumulates most of its moment.
Unless one chooses to interpret that the eventual rupture pattern is determined by the qualities of the slip pulse generated near the hypocenter, which has been sort of implied sometimes, but I would not favor.
Might I suggest another word- "tidalific" lacks a certain gravitas. How about: aestigenic" from the Latin aestus, tide? Very science-y!