A Shear-wave Splitting Study of the Yingjiang M_S6.1 Earthquake Sequence Occurring on May 30,2014

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2016-02-12
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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.