简介：TheFebruary12,2014,MS7.3,earthquakeinYutian,Xinjiang,China,occurredasaresultofshallowstrike-slipfaultinginthetectonicallycomplexregionofthenorthernTibetanPlateau,withadepthof17km.ThisearthquakeoccurredseveralhundredkilometersnorthoftheconvergentIndia-Eurasiaplateboundary.TheepicenterlocationoftheYutianearthquake,36.1°N,82.5°E,is110kmnorthofYutianCounty,HotanPrefecture.AlargenumberofaftershocksfromML2.0toML3.0occurreduntil12:00oclock,February23,2014andthelargestaftershock,MS5.7,occurredat17:24p.m.,February12,2014.ThebandhvalueofYutiansequenceare0.70and1.29,respectively.ThewaitingtimemethodrevealsthatthestrongaftershocksaboveML4.5complywithalinearrelationship,whichisconsistentwiththecharacteristicsofamainshock-aftershocksequence.Furthermore,wecalculatethesourceparametersandanalyzetheruptureprocessbasedontheempiricalrelationshipsfortheYutianearthquake,andtheresultsindicateafrictionalundershootbehaviorinthedynamicsourceprocessoftheYutianearthquake,whichisalsoinagreementwiththelowerandsimilarbvaluescomparedwiththe2008MS7.3Yutianearthquakeandthe2012MS6.2Yutianearthquake.

简介：ThepaperinvertsthefocalmechanismsolutionsoftheYutianM_S7.3mainshock,foreshocksandM_S≥3.5aftershocksbyusingtheCAPmethod,basedonthebroadbandwaveformsrecordedbytheXinjiangandTibetDigitalSeismicNetworks.TheresultsshowthattheM_S7.3strongearthquakeisofstrike-sliptypewithanormalfaultingcomponent,andcombinedwiththeanalysisoffocalstructureandtheaftershockdistribution,thenodalplaneIwithstrike241°,dip90°andrake-22°isconsideredtobetheseismogenicfaultplaneofthemainshock.ThedirectionofP-axisforthemainshockis194°,closetothenearNSdirectionoftheprincipalstressP-axisofhistoricalstrongearthquakesinthisregion.ThefocalmechanismsolutionoftheM_S5.4foreshockhasagoodconsistencywiththatofthemainshock.Amongthe18aftershocks,10areofstrike-sliptype,6areofnormalfaultingtypeand2areofthrusttype.70%oftheaftershocksinthesequencehaveafocalmechanismwithP-axisinthenear-NSdirection.ThefocaldepthsofthisM_S7.3earthquakesequencesaredistributedintherangeof5km-28km,withthemajorityinthedepthrangeof15km-20km,slightlydeeperthanthedepthof10kmofthemainshockascalculated.