The precursor times are longer in the synthetic catalogue for
Network B than in real catalogues, and the precursory areas smaller.
Again, further research is needed to fully understand this result. The
synthetic catalogue’s precursor times could be reduced simply by
increasing the loading rates.
Finally, we note that further detailed studies of synthetic catalogues
to track the stress evolution on elements that participate in
the precursory scale increase and major earthquake rupture could
add new insights into the physical origin of the precursory scale
increase phenomenon and the associated scaling relations