简介：Journalwebsite:http://www.springerlink.comAIMSANDSCOPEThisjournalisestablishedbytheInstituteofEngineeringMechanics(IEM),ChinaEarthquakeAdministration,topromotescientificexchangebetweenChineseandforeignscientistsandengineerssoastoimprovethetheoryandpracticeofearthquakehazardsmitigation,preparedness,andrecovery.Toaccomplishthispurpose,thejournalaimstoattractabalancednumberofpapersbetweenChineseand

简介：Monitoringandstudyofdynamiccharacteristicsofgroundwateraresignificantmethodsofearthquakemonitoringandforecasting.Forresearchongroundwaterdynamics,groundwaterdatingcanqualitativelyandquantitativelyprovidescientificanalysisonthecharacteristicsofgroundwaterrechargeandrunoffaswellasrenewalcapacity.Thisarticleillustratesthemethodsusedgloballyandsummarizesthemainadvancesandachievementsingroundwaterdating.Italsofocusesontherelationshipsbetweengroundwaterrenewalcapacityandseismicmonitoring,groundwatermovementandseismicactivity,shallowgroundwaterrechargeandabnormalinterferenceelimination.Thestudiesshowthatgroundwaterdatingplaysanimportantroleinwater-rockinteraction,andgeologicaltectonicandseismicactivityevaluation.Therefore,groundwaterdatingcanbewidelyusedtomonitorandanalyzetheprecursorinformationinseismicundergroundfluidobservationsinthenearfuture.

简介：TheregionaltectonicbackgroundandcharacteristicsofactivefaultsoftheYutianMS7.3earthquakeonFebruary12,2014arediscussedinthispaper.AftertheanalysisoftheepicenterareaoftheMS7.3earthquakein2014andthefocalmechanismsoftheformerstrongearthquakesaroundit,theauthorsdeducedthattheseismogenicfaultoftheMS7.3earthquakeistheeastbranchoftheAshikulefault.TheMS7.3earthquakein2014andtheMS7.3earthquakein2008aretwostrongearthquakeeventsonthedifferentsectionsoftheAltunTaghfault,wherethefaultbehaviorchangesfromsinistralsliptonormalfaultingbecauseoftheextensionaltaileffectsinthesouthernendoftheAltunTaghfault.ItisconcludedthatthetwoMS7.3earthquakeshavethesamedynamicsource,andtheMS7.3earthquakein2008promotedtheoccurrenceoftheMS7.3earthquakein2014.Finally,wecalculatetheCoulombstresschangetotheseismogenicfaultoftheMS7.3earthquakein2014fromtheMS7.3earthquakein2008usingthelayeredcrustmodel.TheresultalsoshowsthattheMS7.3earthquakein2008acceleratedtheoccurrenceoftheMS7.3earthquakein2014.

简介：Researchandapplicationofbigdatamining,atpresent,isahotissue.Thispaperbrieflyintroducesthebasicideasofbigdataresearch,analysesthenecessityofbigdataapplicationinearthquakeprecursorobservation,andprobescertainissuesandsolutionswhenapplyingthistechnologytoworkintheseismic-relateddomain.Bydoingso,wehopeitcanpromotetheinnovativeuseofbigdatainearthquakeprecursorobservationdataanalysis.

简介：Near-fieldstronggroundmotionsareusefulforengineeringseismologystudiesandseismicdesign,butdenseobservationnetworksofdamagingearthquakesarestillrare.Inthisstudy,basedonthestrong-motiondatafromtheMw6.6Lushanearthquake,thegroundmotionparametersindifferentspatialregionsaresystematicallyanalyzed,andthecontributionsfromdifferenteffects,likethehanging-walleffect,directivityeffect,andattenuationeffectareseparatedtotheextentpossible.DifferentengineeringparametersfromtheobservedgroundmotionsarecomparedwiththelocaldesignresponsespectraandanewattenuationrelationofWesternChina.Generalresultsindicatethatthehighfrequencygroundmotion,likethepeakgroundacceleration,ontwosidesofthefaultplaneissensitivetothehanging-walleffect,whereasthelowfrequencygroundmotion,likethelongperiodspectralacceleration,intherupturepropagationdirectionisaffectedbythedirectivityeffect.Moreover,althoughtheMw6.6Lushanearthquakeisnotalargemagnitudeevent,thespatialdifferenceofgroundmotionisstillobvious;thus,forathrustfaultingearthquake,inadditiontothehangingeffect,thedirectivityeffectshouldalsobeconsidered.

简介：Inthispaper,awavelet-filteredgenetic-neuro-fuzzy(WGNF)controlsystemdesignframeworkforresponsecontrolofahighwaybridgeundervariousearthquakeloadsisdiscussed.TheWGNFcontrollerisdevelopedbycombiningfuzzylogic,discretewavelettransform,geneticalgorithms,andneuralnetworksforuseasacontrolalgorithm.ToevaluatetheperformanceoftheWGNFalgorithm,itistestedonahighwaybridgeequippedwithhydraulicactuators.Itcontrolstheactuatorsinstalledontheabutmentsofthehighwaybridgestructure.Variousearthquakesusedasinputsignalsincludeanartificialearthquake,theEl-Centro,Kobe,NorthPalmSprings,TurkeyBolu,Chi-Chi,andNorthridgeearthquakes.ItisprovedthattheWGNFcontrolsystemiseffectiveinmitigatingthevibrationofthehighwaybridgeunderavarietyofseismicexcitation.

简介：6.5Ludian地震引起了617的一个死亡人数的2014大小，许多山崩和几万座折叠大楼。评估损坏到大楼的地调查在地震的出现以后立即被执行。严重地损坏的aseismic大楼，基本上在Longtoushan镇的闹市区被观察，小心地与目的一个一个地被检验改进设计代码。这份报纸总结在两个观察到调查aseismic大楼的损坏结构、本地的层次。一个普通失败模式被观察aseismic大楼的那个大多数例如RC框架结构和限制石工技术结构，被严重损坏或第一个故事的完全的倒塌同样破坏。相关充分的理由运动，在附近的车站被记录，有不到20s的短持续时间但是很大的针网阵列直到1.0g。基于新设计，代码仍然没能完成设计的RC框架为强壮的列指向，弱横梁。典型本地失败细节，与在RC列和填入墙之间并且在构造上的列和石工技术墙之间的相互作用有关，与初步的分析被总结。

简介：TheseismicwaveformoftheYutianMS7.3earthquake,XinjiangonFebruary12,2014wasrecordedclearlyandcompletelybytheDigitalSeismicNetworksofXinjiang,Qinghai,Tibet,andXinjiangHotanarray,sothemethodofjointlocationbyregionalseismicnetworkandseismicarraycanbeusedtoaccuratelydeterminetheearthquakesourcelocation.Thefollowingtechnologieswereusedintheprocessoflocation:(1)WeselectedseismicstationsequallylocatedaroundtheepicenteroftheMS7.3earthquakewithanaverageintervalofabout15degreesintheinitiallocation.(2)TherecordingwaveformsofYutianseismicstationwererotatedtotheradialandtangentialdirectionstopreciselyobtainthearrivaltimeofS-wavestodeterminetheepicentraldistance.(3)Thevelocitymodelwasusedinthedeterminationoflocationoftheepicenter,basedonthehistoricalrecordsofearthquakesintheareawithinaradiusof1.0°fromthesourceasthecenter,andthevelocitymodelisobtainedafterre-fittingandcalibration.(4)BasedonthewaveformrecordsoftheHotanseismicarray,themethodofwaveformbeamingwasusedtodeterminetheazimuthsandperformthecorrectionoftheepicenterlocationwiththeseazimuths.(5)Thedeterministicmethodwasusedtomeasurethesourcedepth.Finally,itisconcludedthattheYutianMS7.3mainshockhypocenterlocationis36.197°N,82.467°E,focaldepth12kmandoriginaltime17:19:48.2p.m.February12,2014.

简介：IonosphereicfoF2variationsareverysensitivetotheseismiceffectandresultsofionosphericperturbationsassociatedwithearthquakesseemtoveryhopefulforshort-termearthquakeprediction.OnJanuary18,2011at20:23UTagreatearthquake(M=7.2)occurredinDalbandin(28.73°N,63.92°E),Pakistan.Inthisstudy,wehavetriedtofindoutthefeaturesofpre-earthquakeionosphericanomaliesbyusingthehourlydaytime(08.00a.m.-05.00p.m.)dataofcriticalfrequency(foF2)obtainedbythreeverticalsoundingstationsinstalledinIslamabad(33.78°N,73.06°E),Multan(32.26°N,71.51°E)andKarachi(24.89°N,67.02°E),Pakistan.TheresultsshowthesignificantanomaliesoffoF2intheearthquakepreparationzoneseveraldayspriortotheDalbandinearthquake.ItisalsoobservedthattheamplitudeandfrequencyoffoF2anomaliesaremoreprominentattheneareststationtotheepicenterascomparedtothosestationsneartheoutermarginoftheearthquakepreparationzone.TheconfidencelevelforionosphericanomaliesregardingtheseismicsignaturescanbeenhancedbyaddingtheanalysisofsomeotherionospheicparametersalongwithcriticalfrequencyofthelayerF2.

简介：Theperformanceofawell-designedlayerofsand,andcompositeslikelayerofsandmixedwithshreddedrubbertire(RSM)aslowcostbaseisolators,isstudiedinshaketabletestsinthelaboratory.Thebuildingfoundationismodeledbya200mmby200mmand40mmthickrigidplexi-glassblock.Theblockisplacedinthemiddleofa1mby1mtankfilledwithsand.Theselectedbaseisolatorisplacedbetweentheblockandthesandfoundation.Accelerometersareplacedontopofthefootingandfoundationsandlayer.ThedisplacementofthefootingisalsomeasuredbyLVDT.Thewholesetupismountedonashaketableandsubjectedtosinusoidalmotionswithvaryingamplitudeandfrequency.Sandisfoundtobeeffectiveonlyatveryhighamplitude(>0.65g)ofmotions.Theperformanceofacompositeconsistingofsandand50%shreddedrubbertireplacedunderthefootingisfoundtobemostpromisingasalow-costeffectivebaseisolator.

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：Inthisstudytheseismicpoundingresponseofadjacentmulti-degree-of-freedom(MDOF)buildingswithbilinearinter-storyresistancecharacteristicsisinvestigatedthroughdimensionalanalysis.Theapplicationofdimensionalanalysisleadstoacondensedpresentationoftheresponse,andtheremarkableself-similaritypropertyforbilinearMDOFbuildingswithinelasticcollisionisuncovered.Itisshownthatwhentheresponseisexpressedintheappropriatedimensionlessform,responsespectraforanyintensityoftheexcitationcollapsetoasinglemastercurve.ThereducedΠsetexplicitlydescribestheinteractionbetweenthecollidingstructures.TheeffectofpoundingontheMDOFbuilding’sresponseisillustratedusingthreewell-dividedspectralregions(amplified,de-amplifiedandunaffectedregions).Parametricstudiesareconductedtoinvestigatetheeffectsofthestorystiffnessofstructures,thestorystiffnessratioandmassratioofadjacentbuildings,thestructuralinelasticcharacteristicsandthegapsizevalues.Resultsshowthat(i)theinfluenceofsystemstiffnessratiotothelighterandmoreflexiblebuildingismoresignificantinthefirstspectralregion,wherethemaximumresponseofthebuildingisamplifiedbecauseofpounding;and(ii)thevelocityandpoundingforceoftheheavierandstifferbuildingisunexpectedlysensitivetothemassratioofadjacentbuildings.

简介：Lushan地震(~Mw6.6)在2013年4月20日发生在中国的四川省，自从2008Wenchuan地震，是在Longmenshan差错带的最大的地震。更好理解它的破裂模式，我们集中了于对差错的差错参数的影响滑倒并且执行差错用Akaikes贝叶斯的信息滑动倒置标准(ABIC)方法。基于GPScoseismic数据，我们的转换结果证明差错滑倒主要在深度被限制。最大值滑倒振幅是大约0.7m，并且分级的地震时刻是大约9.47

简介：BytheaftershockfrequencyestimationmethodbasedonthecalculationofcoseismicstaticCoulombstresschangesandrate-andstate-dependentfaultconstitutivelaw,wecalculatethefrequencyof"direct"aftershocksoftheWenchuanearthquakerelatedtocoseismicstaticCoulombstresschangesinitsaftershockzoneandtheareasnearby.Itshowsthatthefrequencyissignificantlylowerthanthetruthinthemainrupturezone,especiallyinthesouthernrupturezone,duetothedecreaseofstresslevelontheruptureplaneofthemainshockresultingfromcoseismicCoulombstresschange.ThestudyalsoshowsthattheeffectoftheCoulombstresschangeonthedurationofaftershockactivityisassociatedwiththelowerlimitmagnitude.Thedurationisabout15-16monthsforaftershocksaboveML4.0,andcloseto60monthsforaftershocksaboveML3.5.Inthisperiod,theratioofthe"direct"aftershockscausedbycoseismicCoulombstresschangerangesbetween44.7%to48.6%,whichsuggeststhat,eveninthe"effective"periodofcoseismicCoulombstresschanges,abouthalfoftheaftershocksonthemainshockruptureplaneareindependentofcoseismicCoulombstresschanges.Itispointedoutthatthoseaftershocksmayberelatedtotheaftersliportheviscoelasticrelaxation,whicharetimedependentcases.

简介：ThesourceparametersoftheYingjiangearthquakesequencesin2008areobtainedbyapplyingspectralanalysisandBrunessourcemodel,basedonthedigitalwaveformdatarecordedbytheYunnanDigitalSeismicNetwork.Thecorrelationcoefficientsarecalculatedusingthelow-frequencyspectralamplitudesof2eventsrecordedbyasamestation,then,eventswithsimilarfocalmechanismaregroupedusingtheclusteringanalysismethod.Comparedtotheobtainedfocalmechanisms,itisfoundthattherearegoodcorrelationswiththeazimuthofPaxesineachclusteringgroup,andthelargerthecorrelationcoefficient,theclosertheazimuthsofPaxes.WedividetheYingjiangareainto3regionstoanalyzethestresslevelandstressdirectionbycombiningthesourceparametersandthemeanfocalmechanismofeachgroup.Theresultsshow:Thechangeandtransformationofthefocalmechanismtypesatdifferentstagescanrepresentthetemporalcharacteristicsoftheregionalstressfield.Iftheearthquakefocalmechanismtypesareconcentratedinatimeperiodandswitchtothedirectionofregionalstressfield,itmaybeasignofstrongearthquake.Thereissomerelationshipbetweenthestressdropandthetypeoffocalmechanism.Thoseearthquakeswithstressfieldsrevealedbyfocalmechanismtypesclosertotheregionaltectonicstressfieldwillhavehigherstressdrop,whilethosewiththefocalmechanism-revealedstressfieldsdifferingalotfromtheregionaltectonicstressfieldwillgenerallyhavealowerstressdrop.

简介：TheextensivedamagetobuildingscausedbytheNepalM_s8.1earthquakehasattractedmuchattentionbytheinternationalcommunity.AfterthepreliminaryscientificinvestigationsonthedifferentaffectedareasinNepal,theconstructionanddamagecharacteristicsoffivedifferenttypesofbuildingscommonlyexistinginNepalwerediscussedandthereasonsoftheirdisasterperformancewereanalyzed.Typesofbuildingsinvestigatedincludereinforcedconcrete(RC)framestructures,rubblestructures,brick-woodstructures,rawsoilstructures,andbrick-woodstructuresofhistoricbuildings.Inaddition,theweaklinksoftheseismicdesignwerepointedout,whichwasveryimportantforthepost-earthquakereconstructionandrecovery,andgaveapreliminaryexplanationsforthedamageexperienced.

简介：Wesuccessfullyemployanautomaticcentroidmomenttensor(CMT)inversionsystemtoinfertheCMTsolutionsoftheFebruary12,2014MS7.3Yutian,Xinjiangearthquakeusingnear-fieldseismicwaveforms(4°<△<12°)observedbythevirtualChinaseismicnetworks,whichhavebeenrecentlysetup.Theresultsindicatethatthiseventoccurredonaruptureplane(strike243°,dip70°,andrake-18°),showingleft-lateralstrike-slipfaultingwithaminornormal-faultingcomponent.Thecentroidinthehorizontaldirectionislocatednearly13kmeastoftheepicenter(36.123°N,82.499°E),andthebest-fittingcentroiddepthisaround10km.Thetotalscalarmoment,M0,isretrievedwithanaveragevalueof3.05×1019N·m,correspondingtomomentmagnitudeMW6.92.Mostoftheenergyisreleasedwithinabout14s.Moreover,wediscussaboutthepotentialapplicationofthissysteminearthquakedisasterdecision.

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.

简介：BasedonarrivaltimedataofseismicphasesofML≥2.0earthquakesmeasuredatShanxiDigitalSeismicNetworkfortheperiodfromJanuary2001toOctober2014,V_P/V_SintheShanxiregioniscalculatedusingtheWadatisinglestationandmulti-earthquakemethod,andaninvestigationisconductedintothevariationbehaviorofV_P/V_SintheShanxiregionbeforeandafterthethreeearthquakesofMS≥4.5in2010.OurstudyfindsthatabnormalV_P/V_Sappearedearlieratdistantstationsbeforeallofthethreeearthquakes,whichisatthetimerangefrom6monthsto1yearbeforetheearthquakes,andlateratnearstations,atthetimerange10daysto2monthsbeforeearthquakes.Therefore,itspossibletonarrowdownthescopeofthelocationinearthquakepredictionfromthedistantandnearstationdata.ThecalculationsofDongshanseismicstationindicatethatthesizeoftheresidualoftheorigintimehasimpactonthedetailofV_P/V_Svariation,thus,appropriatethresholdsshouldfirstlybesetfortheresidualsoforigintimeateachseismicstationinpracticalapplication,toensurescientificandsteadyV_P/V_Scalculations.

简介：OnthebasisofthepreviousstudiesofthelayeredcrustalmodelintheYutianarea,combinedwiththefieldGPScontinuousobservationdata,weroughlyestimatetheviscouscoefficientofeachlayer.Withtheviscoelastichorizontallayermodel,wecalculatetheviscoelasticco-seismicCoulombstresschangecausedbytheYutianM_S7.3earthquakes2008and2014respectively.BasedontheCoulombstresschange,usingthecalculationmethodof"direct"aftershockfrequency,wecomeupwiththetheoreticalearthquakefrequencydirectlyrelatedtothemainshockandtheco-seismicCoulombstresschangeinthestudyarea.Thenweputforwardamethod,basedonthecomparisonoftheoreticalandactualearthquakefrequencyorthecomparisonbetweentheoreticalandpracticalearthquakefrequency-distancedecaycurvefittingresiduals,toestimatethemagnitudeofamaximumsequentearthquake,directlyrelatedtothemainshockco-seismicCoulombstresschange.Resultscalculatedbydifferentmethodsshowthatthemaximumfollow-upearthquakemagnitudecausedbythecoseismicCoulombstresschangeliesfromM_S7.2toM_S7.5followingYutianM_S7.3earthquakein2008;butthatofthe2014YutianM_S7.3earthquakeisM_S6.3.TheformerisveryclosetotheYutianM_S7.3earthquakein2014.Becauseofthesamemagnitude,relativelyclosespatialdistance,shorttimeinterval,thesameregionoftheexternalforce,thestrongcorrelationbetweentwoseismictectonicandaclearstressinteraction,wethusconsiderthatthetwoYutianM_S7.3earthquakesin2008and2014constituteapairofgeneralizeddoubleshocktypeearthquake.Thisisconsistentwiththesequencetypecharacteristicofpast"doubleshock"earthquakesintheregion.Inthispaper,theinfluenceofthemagnitudelowerlimitandtheb-valueintherelationshipofG-Rontheresultsisdiscussed.Asaresult,whentheviscoelasticcoseismicCoulombstressvariationisdetermined,thelowerlimitofmagnitudehaslittleeffectonthemaximumsequentearthquakemagnitude