简介:AM_L3.8earthquakeoccurredonFebruary23,2014inRongchangCounty,whichislocatedatthesouthernedgeoftheSichuanBasinintheborderareabetweenSichuanandChongqing.ThispaperpresentsresultsoffocalmechanismsolutionofthisearthquakeusingtheCAP(cutandpaste)methodbasedonbroadbandseismogramsrecordedbyregionalseismicstations.OurresultsshowthatthemomentmagnitudeisM_W3.09andfocaldepthis3km.ThehypocenterofthisearthquakeislocatedclosetoaburiedfaultintheLuoguangshananticline.Oilprospectinganddeepdrillingdataindicatethatthisburiedfaultisathrustfault,strikingSW230°,dippingNW45°,and1.7kmdeep.Therearesomeinjectionwellswithintheanticline,andsignificantinjection-inducedearthquakeswereobservedduringtheperiodsofinjectionofwastewaterintothedeepformationsthroughthosewells.ThebestdoublecouplesolutionoftheM_L3.8earthquakeis247°,48°and104°forstrike,dipandrate,respectively,foronenodalplane(and46°,44°and74°foranothernodalplane),whichisinagreementwiththegeometryoftheburiedfault.Therefore,weconcludethattheM_L3.8Rongchangearthquakeispossiblytheresultoffaultingalongtheburiedreversefaultinducedbywaterinjectionunderthecompressivestressregimeinthearea.
简介:EarthquakesofM_S5.6andM_S6.1occurredinYingjiang,YunnanonMay24andMay30,2014respectively.Inthispaper,weusethewaveformdatarecordedbymobileseismicstations(KAC)whichweresetupinthesourceareaaftertheYingjiangMS5.6earthquakeonMay24,2014tostudytheshear-wavesplittingcharacteristicsofYingjiangM_S6.1earthquakesequencewiththeSAMmethod.Theresultshowsthatpredominantpolarizationoffastshear-wavesbeforetheM_S6.1earthquakeisconsistentwiththedirectionofregionalprincipalcompressivestress,andpredominantpolarizationoffastshear-wavesbeforetheM_S6.1earthquakeshowbetterconsistencyandsmallerdispersioncomparedtoaftertheM_S6.1earthquake,andtheremaybeadeflectionforthefastshearwavespredominantpolarizationbetweentheM_S6.1earthquakesequenceandforeshocksequence.Wefoundthatthetime-delaysgenerallyexhibitedalowerlevelbeforetheM_S6.1earthquakeandarelativelyhighervalueaftertheM_S6.1earthquake.