Non‐Local Triggering in Rock Fracture

Combining multiphysics observations in the laboratory, we present novel phenomena for the analogue between rock fracture and seismicity. We show, for the first time in a laboratory setting, how a large‐scale flaw in rock can facilitate “non‐local triggering”—remotely triggered damage in rock mass. Results prove analogues of rock fracture evolution to natural seismicity including several lab‐analogues on seismicity model predictions beyond power...