简介:Inthispaperchangesinfocalmechanisms,parametersofwavespectra,andstressdropsfortheMS=5.0foreshockandMS=6.0mainshockinFebruary2001inYajiangCounty,Sichuan,andseismicityinepicentralregionarestudied.ComparisonoffocalmechanismsfortheYajiangearthquakeswithdistributionpatternsofaftershocks,thenodalplaneI,strikinginthedirectionofNEN,oftheYajiangM=5.0eventischosenasthefaultingplane;thenodalplaneII,strikinginthedirectionofWNW,oftheM=6.0eventasthefaultingplane.Thestrikesofthetwofaultingplanesarenearlyperpendiculartoeachother.ThelevelofstressdropsintheepicentralregionbeforetheoccurrenceoftheM=6.0earthquakeincreases,whichisconsistentwithincreaseofseismicityintheepicentralregion.TheratedecayoftheYajiangearthquakesequence,changesinwavespectraforforeshocksandaftershocks,andfocalmechanismsarecomplex.
简介:ShearwavesplittingisstudiedbasedonthedigitalwaveformsofthreeseismicstationsDJS,SZDandWUJ,whichweresetupaftertheJiujiang-RuichangMS5.7earthquakeofNovember26,2005aroundtheepicenterarea.TheresultshowsthatthetimedelaysofslowshearwavesoftheDJSstation,whichisnotfarfromtheepicenterandwherethedistributionoffaultsiscomplexnearthestation,arerelativelylargerandthepolarizationdirectionsoffastshearwavesarenotconcentrated;thepredominantpolarizationdirectionoffastshearwavesofWUJstation,withsinglefaultdistributednearby,hasadifferenceof35°tothestrikeofthefaultandisinconsistentwiththedirectionofregionalprincipalcompressivestress.ThepredominantpolarizationdirectionoffastshearwavesofSZDstationwithnofaultsnearbyisinaccordancewithregionalprincipalcompressivestress.Thereisnoobviousregularrelationshipshipbetweenthedelaytimeandthefocaldepth.
简介:OnAug.8,2017,anMS7.0earthquakestruckJiuzhaigou,acountyofSichuanprovince,China.Anumberofinvestigationsandstudieshavebeenconducted,someofwhichinvolvedlocalvelocitymodels.However,thesuitabilityofthesemodelshasnotbeenproperlyaddressed.Herewecollect11already-existingmodels,includingthoseusedinstudiesofthe2017MS7.0Jiuzhaigouearthquake,choose10localstationssurroundingtheearthquake,andemploythesametechnique(TRIT)torelocatethehypocenter.Andfurthermore,wechooseamoresuitablemodelfromthe11already-existedmodelsbyanalyzingtherelocationprocessandtherelocatedresultsforreasonability.Finally,ourconclusionisthatthemodelFang2018ismoresuitableandthehypocenterparameters,103.801°E,33.192°Nand15.8kmforlongitude,latitudeanddepth,respectively,and2017-08-0813:19:46.66foritsorigintime,basedonthismodelshouldberecommendedforthe2017MS7.0Jiuzhaigouearthquake.
简介:TheJuly3,2015PishanM_S6.5earthquakeoccurredintheintersectionareaoftheTarimblockandWestKunlunblockwherethemoderate-strongearthquakeshavebecomeactiveinrecentyears.Thispaperhasstudiedtheseismicityparametersoftheearthquakesequencessuchastheb-valueinthePishanregionanditsvicinity.Inaddition,wealsorelocatedtheaftershocksofthePishanM_S6.5earthquakeusingtheseismicphasereportbythedouble-differencemethod.ThetemporalandspatialvariationcharacteristicsofthePishanearthquakesequenceintherupturezoneareanalyzed.Thestudyisofgreatsignificanceintheseismichazardassessmentinthisregion.
简介:TheYajiangearthquakesequencein2001,withthemajoreventsofMs5.1onFeb.14andofMs6.0onFeb.23,aresignificanteventsintheSichuanregionduringthelast13years.Eighty-eightearthquakesinthesequencewithatleast5distinctonsetparametersforeachrecordedbytheSichuanSeismicNetworkintheperiodofJan.1throughJune30,2001werechosenforthisstudy.TheeventsarerelocatedandthefocalmechanismisderivedfromP-waveonsetsfor13eventswithrelativelylargermagnitudes.Thefocaldepthofallearthquakesfallbetweenarangeof2kmto16km,withdominantdistributionbetween9kmto11km.Theforeshocks,theMs5.1earthquakeandtheMs6.0earthquakeandtheiraftershocksarealllocatedclosetotheZihefaultandthedominantepicentraldistributionisinNWdirection,identicaltothatofthefault.ThefracturesurfaceofthefocalmechanismisdeterminedinaccordancetothemasstransferorientationintherecentearthdeformationfieldintheYajiangregion.ThePaxesoftheprincipalcompressivestressinfocalmechanismsolutionsofthe13eventsshowbiggerverticalcomponents,andthehorizontalprojectiontrendingSE.Theearthquakesareofleft-lateral,strike-slipnormal,andnormalstrike-sliptypes.TherupturesurfaceofmostearthquakesstrikeNW-SE,dippingSW.Basedontheaboveinformation,weconcludethattheZihefaultthatcrossestheearthquakearea,strikingNWanddippingSW,istheseismogenicfaultfortheYajiangearthquakesequence.
简介:Inordertostudythespatiotemporalevolutionoftheprecursoryanomalies10yearsbeforetheWenchuanMS8.0earthquakein2008,theepicentraldistanceoftheprecursoryanomaliesiscalculatedbyusingthegeometriccenteroftheruptureregionandtheellipticalcenterlineoftheaftershockregion.Theresultshows,precursoranomaliesgraduallyincreasedabout2yearsbeforetheWenchuanearthquake.Theratioofabnormalitemsisgreaterthan25%inthenearsourcearea(abouttwicethesourcescale)and17%-24%intheremotearea(about3-5timesthesourcescale).Therearethreedifferentstagesofspatiotemporalevolutionofprecursoryanomalies.Duringtheαstage(includingα1andα2,between700to3000daysbeforethemainearthquake),theanomaliesaremainlydistributedinthesouthwestandnorthwestareaoftheWenchuanaftershocksarea.Itisshownthattheprecursorsofthefarsourceregionandthenearsourceareahavethecharacteristicsofoutwardexpansion.Duringtheβstage(between300to700daysbeforethemainearthquake),theanomaliesaredistributedinthesouthwestandnorthernregionoftheaftershockregion,showingalargerangeofanomalies.Duringtheγstage(includingγ1andγ2,300daysbeforethemainearthquake),therangeofanomalydistributioniswide,andtheanomaliesaredistributedinthesouthwestandnortheastoftheaftershockarea.Theanomaliesconvergedtoepicenter(γ1)inthefarsourceregionandexpandoutwards(γ2)inthenearsourceregion.Resultsoftheexperimentalstudyandmechanicalanalysisofearthquakepreparationprocessindicatethatthethree-stagecharacteristicsofprecursoryanomaliesintheprocessofearthquakepreparationmaybecontrolledbytheseismogenicbody,whichisaformofexpressionintheprocessofearthquakepreparationandauniversalfeatureduringtheearthquakepreparationprocess,whichhasacertainguidingroleinearthquakeprediction.
简介:TheYutianearthquakewithM_S7.3happenedonFebruary12,2014.Theprecursormonitoringabilityisweakinthatarea.Wefoundtendencyanomaliesandmiddle-andshort-termanomaliesfrommetalpendulumtiltmeasurementsinHotanseismicstationbeforetheearthquake.AndwealsocomparedtheanomalieswiththatoftheM_S7.3YutianearthquakeonMarch21,2008.Thetendencyanomaliesmeasuredbythemetalpendulumtiltmeterappearedsince2012astiltingeastward.Whilethemiddle-andshort-termanomalieswerecharacterizedbyacceleration,pauseandrapidchangeoftiltrateintwodirections.Thetendencyanomaliesofmetalpendulumtiltrecordsarethesamebeforethetwoearthquakes.Theybothhappenedintheeastdirection.However,therearedifferencesinduration,characteristicandearthquakeintervalsforthemiddle-andshort-termanomalies.
简介:UsingthedigitaltelemetricseismicwaveformdataofChengduandKunming,thisarticlestudiesthefocalmechanismsolutionsandtheapparentstressvaluesofalargenumberofsmallearthquakes,andthenanalyzesthedynamicvariationofregionalstressfieldsandthespatio-temporaldistributionofapparentstressvalues.TheannualvariationvaluesoftheazimuthofaverageprincipalstressfieldbeforetheMay12,2008M_S8.0WenchuanearthquakeintheSichuan-Yunnanregionwere58°from2003to2004,85°from2003to2005,61°from2006to2007and90°from2006toApril2008respectively.Inrecentyears,deflectionordisturbancesoccurredintheazimuthoftheaverageprincipalstressfieldintheSichuan-Yunnanregion.AnalysisshowsthatthismayberelatedtothechangeofstressfieldstatesofcrustalblocksbeforeandaftertheDecember26,2004M_S9.0Sumatraearthquakeandthe2008M_S8.0Wenchuanearthquake.Theratioofthrust-typeearthquakesintheSichuan-Qinghaiblockwasonthehighersideintheperiodfrom2006to2007,andthesourcefaultingtypeoftheregionalmoderateandsmallearthquakeshadchangedbeforetheM_S8.0Wenchuanearthquake.ThechangeofstateofthestressfieldisconsistentwiththechangesinblockdisplacementfieldsrevealedbyGPSdataandthecrustalshorteningvelocityverticaltotheLongmenshanfaultzone.Basedontheradiationenergycalculatedfromallbandsoftheseismicwaveform,thevalueofapparentstressσ_appisobtained.Thefluctuationshapeofthefittingtrendoftheapparentstressisrelatedtotheintensityofregionalseismicity.Itrevealsthatthemicro-dynamicfluctuationprocessoftheregionalstressvalueissimilartotheazimuthtransitionoftheregionalprincipalcompressivestressfield,whichcanbeusedtoprobeforpregnantphysicalprocesses.Areaswithahighervalueofapparentstressσ_apparepossibleareasofpotentialseismicrisk.Itcanbeseenfromthespatialdistributionofthemediumandshort-termapparen
简介:Aftertheoccurrenceofanearthquake,strongmotionobservationnetworkscanrecordgroundmotionatdistributedobservationstations.Basedonthegroundmotionparametersfromtheserecords,thespatialdistributionofseismicintensitycanbequicklydetermined,andthedegreeofdamageindifferentareascanbeestimated.Thisinformationprovidesthetechnicalbasisfortheemergencyresponse,soastoensurethatrescueteamscanreachextremeearthquakeareasandcarryoutthesearchandrescueoperationinanaccurateandtimelymannertoreducecasualtiesandpropertyloss.Inthispaper,weintroduced7intensityalgorithmsandcomparedtheresultswiththerecordsoftheJiuzhaigouMS7.0earthquake.Wefoundthatthedifferencesbetweentheinstrumentalintensitiescalculatedbyeachmethodandthemacrointensitieswerewithina1-degreerange,whichsuggestedgoodpracticalityofthesedifferentmethods.Theresultscalculatedbytheindustrialstandards-basedcalculationmethodandtheintegratedtestshowedgoodconsistency.
简介:TheWenchuanMS8.0earthquakeoccurredontheLongmenshanfaultwhichinclinesatadipangleexceeding60degrees.Sincemostthrustearthquakesoccuronfaultswithdipanglesofabout30degrees,itisenigmaticwhytheWenchuanearthquakeoccurredonsuchasteepfault.InthisstudyweuseasimplefiniteelementmodeltoinvestigatehowthestressstateinthefaultchangeswiththevariationofPoisson’sratio.Theresultsshowthat,withthePoisson’sratiointhefaultincreasing,themagnitudesoftheprincipalstressesincreaseandthemaximumshearstressdecrease,and,especially,theanglebetweenthemaximumprincipalstressandthefaultplanedecreases,whichwillenhancethedrivingforcetoovercomethefrictionalresistanceonthefault.TheincreaseofPoisson’sratiointhefaultmaybeanimportantfactortoaffecttheoccurrenceofthefaultearthquakeswithlargeanglesbetweenmaximumprincipalstressandfaultplane.
简介:Inthispaper,statisticsaretakenontheco-seismicresponseofundergroundfluidinYunnantotheNepalM_S8.1earthquake,andtheco-seismicresponsecharacteristicsofthewaterlevelandwatertemperatureareanalyzedandsummarizedwiththedigitaldata.TheresultsshowthattheNepalM_S8.1earthquakehadgreaterimpactontheYunnanregion,andthemacroandmicrodynamicsoffluidsshowedsignificantco-seismicresponse.Theearthquakerecordingcapacityofwaterlevelandtemperaturemeasurementissignificantlyhigherthanthatofwaterradonandwaterqualitytothislargeearthquake;themaximumamplitudeanddurationofco-seismicresponseofwaterlevelandwatertemperaturevarygreatlyindifferentwells.Thechangingformsaredominatedbyfluctuationandstepriseinwaterlevel,andarisingorfallingrestorationinwatertemperature.Fromtherecordsofthemainshockandthemaximumstrongaftershock,wecanseethatthegreatermagnitudeofearthquake,thehigherratiooftheoccurrenceofco-seismicresponse,andinthesamewell,thelargertheresponseamplitude,aswellasthelongertheduration.Theamplitudeanddurationofco-seismicresponserecordedbydifferentinstrumentsinasamewellaredifferent.Watertemperatureco-seismicresponsealmostoccurredinwellswithwaterlevelresponse,indicatingthatthewellwaterlevelandwatertemperaturearecloselyrelatedinco-seismicresponse,andthewellwatertemperatureseismicresponsewascausedmainlybywellwaterlevelseismicresponse.
简介:TheinvestigationondamagestofrozensoilsitesduringtheWestKunlunMountainsPassearthquakewithMs8.1in2001showsthatthefrozensoilintheseismicareaiscomposedmainlyofmoraine,alluvialdeposit,diluvialdepositandlacustrinedepositwiththedepthvaryinggreatlyalongtheearthquakerupturezone.Thedeformationandruptureoffrozensoilsitesaremainlyintheformofcoseismicfracturezonescausedbytectonicmotionandfissures,liquefaction,seismicsubsidenceandcollapseresultingfromgroundmotion.Theearthquakefracturezonesonthesurfacearemainbrittledeformations,which,undertheeffectofsinistralstrike-slipmovement,arerepresentedbyshearfissures,tensionalcracksandcompressivebulges.Thedistributionandconfigurationpatternsofdeformationandrupturesuchasfissures,liquefaction,seismicsubsidenceandlandslidesareallrelatedtotheambientrockandsoilconditionsoftheearthquakearea.Thedistributionofearthquakedamageischaracterizedbylarge-scalerupturezones,rapidintensityattenuationalongtheQinghai-Xizang(Tibet)Highway,wherebuildingsdistributeandpredominanteffectofrockandsoilconditions.
简介:ThepaperdiscussesquantitativelytheinfluenceoftheYutianMS7.4earthquakeofMarch21,2008andWuqiaMS6.9earthquakeofOctober5,2008onregionalseismicityinXinjiang,andexplainsprimarilythepossiblereasonofearthquakeactivityfeatureinXinjiangaftertheYutianMS7.4earthquakebyanalyzingthestaticCoulombfailurestresschangeproducedbytheYutianMS7.4earthquakeandWuqiaMS6.9earthquake,andtheseismicityfeatureofMS≥3earthquakesinthepositiveCoulombstresschangeregionofKashi-Wuqiajointregion,thecentralsegmentofTianshanMountainandKalpinblock.TheresultshowsthattheYutianMS7.4earthquakeofMarch21,2008,mayencouragetheWuqiaMS6.9earthquakeofOctober5,2008,andtheYutianMS7.4earthquakeandWuqiaMS6.9earthquakemaychangetheseismicitystateinthecentralsegmentofTianshanMountain,KalpinblockandKashi-Wuqiajointregion,andencouragethesubsequentMS≥3earthquakes.
简介:Bycalculatingtheazimuth,phaseangleandchangerateoftidalforce,andcontrastingtheirrupturetypes,wefindthatin6of11reversefaultingearthquakes,theanglesbetweenthedirectionofthehorizontaltidalforceandcompressiveprincipalstressarewithin33°,theverticalphaseanglesofall8strike-slipearthquakesareintheupwardpeaksectionandtheverticalphaseanglesoftwoextensionalnormalfaultingearthquakesareinthedownwardpeaksection.Accordingtotheabovestatistics,themechanismoftidalforcetriggeringoftheWenchuanMS8.0Earthquakeanditsstrongaftershocksisdiscussed.
简介:BasedontheanalysisofcoseismicdeformationinthemacroscopicepicentralregionextractedbyDifferentialInterferometricSyntheticApertureRadar(D-InSAR),andcombinedwiththeseismicactivity,focalmechanismsolutionsoftheearthquakeandfieldinvestigation,thecharacteristicofcoseismicdeformationofMS=8.1westernKunlunshanPassearthquakein2001wasresearched.ThestudyshowsthatitsepicenterliesinthenortheastsideofHohSaiHu;andtheseismogenicfaultinthemacroscopicepicentralregioncanbedividedintotwocentraldeformationfields:thewestandeastsegmentswiththelengthsof42kmand48km,respectively.Thewholefaultextendsabout90km.Fromthedistributionofinterferometryfringes,thecharacteristicofsinistralstrikeslipofseismogenicfaultcanbeidentifiedclearly.Thedeformationsonbothsidesofthefaultaredifferentwithanobviouslyhighervalueonthesouthside.Inthevicinityofmacroscopicepicenter,themaximumdisplacementinlookdirectionisabout288.4cmandtheminimumis224.0cm;themaximumsinistralhorizontaldislocationofseismogenicfaultnearthemacroscopicepicenteris738.1cmandtheminimumis551.8cm.