Evidence item

The secondary report identifies geodetic measurements of plate coupling as evidence that should receive greater weight in hazard assessment after roughness is rejected as a proxy for maximum magnitude. DIRECT_TEXT

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The study suggests that hazard assessors should weight other evidence more heavily, including geodetic measurements of plate coupling, the distribution of past ruptures inferred from historical accounts, tsunami deposits and coral microatolls, and the structural segmentation of the margin.