Data-driven imaging of rupture kinematics and numerical modeling of earthquakes and aseismic slip dynamics are essential to develop a deeper understanding of earthquake source physics. Earthquake sources are imaged using increasingly dense seismic data and surface deformation measurements but the associated uncertainties are challenging to quantify. Modern computing paradigms and infrastructure allow us to tackle large-scale forward simulation of earthquake processes and their mechanical viability. Laboratory experiments and source-scaling relations help to understand which first-order physical processes control, at a given space-time scale, the macroscopic evolution of weakening mechanisms and seismic radiation.

This session welcomes case studies of kinematic or dynamic source modeling of recent significant earthquakes, fundamental theoretical and numerical analyses, advances in physics-based hazard assessment as well as studies on earthquake scaling properties. We highly encourage interdisciplinary submissions, from laboratory, observational to theoretical studies based on novel approaches and/or datasets.