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The quoted passage directly concludes roughness at scales up to 10 km lacks primary control over maximum earthquake potential. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Maximum earthquake magnitude unlikely to be controlled by subduction interface roughness · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:c260d2e36d00d6f00f7c9746de62e19a3e1bbe9117f420786742c974d2b03867

Both rough and smooth subduction margins have ruptured in M w ≥9 events ... We conclude that ... roughness at a scale ≤10 km does not have a primary control in determining the maximum earthquake potential.