A new methodology for predicting characteristic earthquakes based on the brittle failures of multiple locked segments in a seismic zone

Si-qing Qin1,2, Hong-ran Chen1,2, Lei Xue1,2, Bai-cun Yang3, Ke Zhang1,2 and Meng-yang Zhai1,2, (1)College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, China, (2)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)Northeastern University, Shenyang, China