简介:Alargeearthquake(MW=7.6)occurredinJiji(Chi-Chi),Taiwan,ChinaonSeptember20,1999,andwasfollowedbymanymoderate-sizeshocksinthefollowingdays.TwoofthelargestaftershockswiththemagnitudesofMW=6.1andMW=6.2,respectively,wereusedasempiricalGreen(sfunctions(EGFs)toobtainthesourcetimefunctions(STFs)ofthemainshockfromlong-periodwaveformdataoftheGlobalDigitalSeismographNetwork(GDSN)includingIRIS,GEOSCOPEandCDSN.FortheMW=6.1aftershockofSeptember22,therewere97pairsofphasesclearenoughfrom78recordingsof26stations;fortheMW=6.2aftershockofSeptember25,therewere81pairsofphasesclearenoughfrom72recordingsof24stations.Foreachstation,2typesofSTFswereretrieved,whicharecalledP-STFandS-STFduetobeingfromPandSphases,respectively.Totally,178STFindividualswereobtainedforsource-processanalysisofthemainshock.Itwasnoticedthat,ingeneral,STFsfrommostofthestationshadsimilaritiesexceptthatthoseinspecialazimuthslookeddifferentoroddduetothemechanismdifferencebetweenthemainshockandtheaftershocks;andindetail,theshapesoftheSTFsvariedwithazimuth.BothofthemreflectedthestabilityandreliabilityoftheretrievedSTFs.ThecomprehensiveanalysisofthoseSTFssuggestedthatthiseventconsistedoftwosub-events,thetotaldurationtimewasabout26s,andontheaverage,thesecondeventwasabout7slaterthanthefirstone,andthemoment-rateamplitudeofthefirsteventwasabout15%largerthanthatofthesecondone.