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Spatial distribution of the expected number of M ≥ 3.95 earthquakes provided by the ETAS31 (left) and STEP39 (right) models. The forecasts from top to bottom refer to the day, week, and month after the M7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake occurred on April 4, 2010.