简介:INTRODUCTIONItiscommonknowledgethatthedevelopmentandoccurrenceofanearthquakeisaverycomplicatedgeophysicalprocess.Anearthquakeiscausedbythelocalfailureoftheearthcrustmedium,andearthquakesaredistributedinhomogeneouslyinspace.Seismicactivities,however,arearealreflectionoftheinteractionofthefaults,whichprovidesussomeinformationconcerningtheearthcrustmediumandmayhelpuspredicttheearthquake.Therefore,thestudyoftheseismicitypatterncanbecomeameansofearthquakeprediction.Inordertoreflectdirectlythespacialdistributionofseismicactivities,thesketchofepicentraldistributionhasbeenwidetyusedinthestudy