Abstract
AbstractShallow creep events provide opportunities to understand the mechanical properties and behavior of faults. However, due to physical limitations observing creep events, the precise spatio‐temporal evolution of slip during creep events is not well understood. In 2023, the Superstition Hills and Imperial faults in California each experienced centimeter‐scale slip events that were captured in unprecedented detail by satellite radar, sub‐daily Global Navigation Satellite Systems, and creepmeters. In both cases, the slip propagated along the fault over 2–3 weeks. The Superstition Hills event propagated bilaterally away from its initiation point at average velocities of ∼9 km/day, but propagation velocities were locally much higher. The ruptures were consistent with slip from tens of meters to ∼2 km depths. These slowly propagating events reveal that the shallow crust of the Imperial Valley does not obey purely velocity‐strengthening or velocity‐weakening rate‐and‐state friction, but instead requires the consideration of fault heterogeneity or fault‐frictional behaviors such as dilatant strengthening.
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