简介:AM_L3.8earthquakeoccurredonFebruary23,2014inRongchangCounty,whichislocatedatthesouthernedgeoftheSichuanBasinintheborderareabetweenSichuanandChongqing.ThispaperpresentsresultsoffocalmechanismsolutionofthisearthquakeusingtheCAP(cutandpaste)methodbasedonbroadbandseismogramsrecordedbyregionalseismicstations.OurresultsshowthatthemomentmagnitudeisM_W3.09andfocaldepthis3km.ThehypocenterofthisearthquakeislocatedclosetoaburiedfaultintheLuoguangshananticline.Oilprospectinganddeepdrillingdataindicatethatthisburiedfaultisathrustfault,strikingSW230°,dippingNW45°,and1.7kmdeep.Therearesomeinjectionwellswithintheanticline,andsignificantinjection-inducedearthquakeswereobservedduringtheperiodsofinjectionofwastewaterintothedeepformationsthroughthosewells.ThebestdoublecouplesolutionoftheM_L3.8earthquakeis247°,48°and104°forstrike,dipandrate,respectively,foronenodalplane(and46°,44°and74°foranothernodalplane),whichisinagreementwiththegeometryoftheburiedfault.Therefore,weconcludethattheM_L3.8Rongchangearthquakeispossiblytheresultoffaultingalongtheburiedreversefaultinducedbywaterinjectionunderthecompressivestressregimeinthearea.
简介:EarthquakesofM_S5.6andM_S6.1occurredinYingjiang,YunnanonMay24andMay30,2014respectively.Inthispaper,weusethewaveformdatarecordedbymobileseismicstations(KAC)whichweresetupinthesourceareaaftertheYingjiangMS5.6earthquakeonMay24,2014tostudytheshear-wavesplittingcharacteristicsofYingjiangM_S6.1earthquakesequencewiththeSAMmethod.Theresultshowsthatpredominantpolarizationoffastshear-wavesbeforetheM_S6.1earthquakeisconsistentwiththedirectionofregionalprincipalcompressivestress,andpredominantpolarizationoffastshear-wavesbeforetheM_S6.1earthquakeshowbetterconsistencyandsmallerdispersioncomparedtoaftertheM_S6.1earthquake,andtheremaybeadeflectionforthefastshearwavespredominantpolarizationbetweentheM_S6.1earthquakesequenceandforeshocksequence.Wefoundthatthetime-delaysgenerallyexhibitedalowerlevelbeforetheM_S6.1earthquakeandarelativelyhighervalueaftertheM_S6.1earthquake.
简介:2004年2月12日新疆维吾尔自治区于田县发生了Ms7.3级地震,其发震断裂为阿尔金断裂带西南段的贡嘎错断裂带.由于地处高山无人区,存在区域历史地震漏记,但1970年以来5级以上地震活动是完整的,近20年来强震活动增强.综合分析认为,2008年于田Ms7.3地震可能加速了本次地震的发生.根据经验统计关系估计,2014年于田地震的同震地表破裂为30-40km,最大水平位错量为1.0-1.5m,地震的复发周期为300-400年.通过阿尔金断裂上前人资料和区域构造的综合分析,认为2014年于田地震是在青藏高原向北东运动背景下左旋走滑的阿尔金断裂向南西端扩展的结果.
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
简介:2006年华东地区地震工程院(所)长研讨会于2006年8月9日至13日在山东省威海市召开,本次会议由山东省地震工程研究院主办,威海市地震局协办。上海市地震地质工程技术研究院、江苏省地震工程研究院、安徽省地震工程研究院、浙江省工程地震研究所、福建省地震地质工程勘察院、江西省防震减灾研究所的负责人出席了会议。中国地震局震害防御司领导,上海市地震局、江苏省地震局、安徽省地震局、山东省地震局的分管局领导,中国地震局地球物理研究所和中国电力顾问集团华东电力设计院的有关人员应邀参加了会议。河南省地震局地震工程勘察研究院以观察员的身份应邀参加了会议。