简介:1.SURVEYOFGLOBESEISMICITYIN2004Atotalof19strongearthquakeswithMs≥7.0occurredintheworldaccordingtotheChineseSeismicStationNetworkin2004(Table1).ThestrongestearthquakewastheSumatraearthquakewithMs8.7nearthenorthwestcoastofSumatraonDecember26(Fig.1).Globalseismicitymaintainsthesamepatternsfromrecentyears,beingdistributedmainlyonthewesternpartofthecircum-Pacificseismiczone.RemarkablemacroseismicactivitieswereseenintheIndia-AustralianplateandintheJapanregion.ThemacroseismicactivitiesofMs≥7.0in2004wereasfollows:
简介:Weuseinterferometricsyntheticapertureradar(InSAR)andbroadbandseismicwaveformdatatoestimateasourcemodelofthe11thJuly,2004MW6.2Zhongbaearthquake,TibetofChina.ThiseventoccurredwithintheseismicallyactivezoneofsouthwesternTibetanPlateauwheretheeast-westextensionoftheuppercrustisobserved.BecauseoflimitationsinonepairofInSARdataavailable,therearetrade-offsamongcentroiddepth,ruptureareaandamountofslip.Availableseismicdatatightlyconstrainthefocalmechanismandcentroiddepthoftheearthquakebutnotthehorizontallocation.Together,twocomplementarydatasetscanbeusedtoidentifytheactualfaultplane,betterconstraintheslipmodelandeventlocation.Wefirstuseregionalseismicwaveformtoestimatepointsourcemechanism,thenInSARdataisusedtoobtainbetterlocation.Finally,ajointinversionofteleseismicP-wavesandInSARdataisperformedtoobtainadistributedmodel.Ourpreferredpointsourcemechanismindicatesaseismicmomentof~2.2×1018N·m(~MW6.2),afaultplanesolutionof171°(342°)/42°(48°)/-83°(-97°),correspondingtostrike/dip/rake,andadepthof11km.Thefaultplanewithstrikeof171°anddipof42°isidentifiedastherupturedfaultwiththeaidofInSARdata.Thepreferredsourcemodelfeaturescompactareaofslipsbetweendepthof5-11kmand10kmalongstrikewithmaximumslipamplitudeofabout1.5m.
简介: Illustration Allthedatainthiscatalogarechosenfromthe″PreliminarySeismologicalReportofChi-neseSeismicStations″(Itsabbreviationis″MonthlyReport″).ThecatalogincludestheeventsofM≥4.7inandnearChinaandM≥6allovertheworld.The″MonthlyReport″ismonthlycompiledbytheNinthSectionofInstituteofGeophysics,CSB. ……