简介:Catalogueofearthquakes(March-May,1995)Pei-ShanCHEN(陈培善)(InstituteofGeophysics,StateSeismologicalBureau,Beijing100081,China)Il...
简介:AnearthquakewithMS5.8occurredon10March2011inYingjiangcounty,westernYunnan,China.Thisearthquakecaused25deathsandover250injuries.Inordertobetterunderstandtheseismotectonicsintheregion,wecollectedthearrivaltimedatafromtheYunnanseismicobservationalbulletinsduring1Januaryto25March2011,andpreciselyhand-pickedthearrivaltimesfromhigh-qualityseismogramsthatwererecordedbythetemporaryseismicstationsdeployedbyourInstituteofCrustalDynamics,ChinaEarthquakeAdministration.Usingthesearrivaltimes,werelocatedalltheearthquakesincludingtheYingjiangmainshockanditsaftershocksusingthedouble-differencerelocationalgorithm.OurresultsshowthattherelocatedearthquakesdominantlyoccurredalongtheENEdirectionandformedanupside-downbow-shapedstructureindepth.ItisalsoobservedthataftertheYingjiangmainshock,someaftershocksextendedtowardtheSSEoverabout10km.TheseresultsmayindicatethattheYingjiangmainshockrupturedaconjugatefaultsystemconsistingoftheENEtrendingDaYingjiangfaultandaSSEtrendingblindfault.Suchstructuralfeaturescouldcontributetoseverelyseismichazardsduringthemoderate-sizeYingjiangearthquake.
简介:ThegeomagneticeffectsofthetotalsolareclipseinMoheareaandthepartialeclipseoccurredonMarch9,1997inChinaareanalyzedinthispaper.ThegeomagneticeffectsoftheeclipsewidelydistributedinChinaareobtained,whichshowHcomponentdecreasesobviouslyandissymmetricalongthelatitudewithacenternear33(Nduringtheeclipsetime.TheseresultsofsolareclipsegeomagneticeffectsarethenewestinrecentyearsobtainedinthelargestareainChina.
简介:1SURVEYOFGLOBALSEISMICITYIN2013Atotalof23strongearthquakeswithMS≥7.0occurredin2013throughouttheworldaccordingtotheChinaSeismicNetwork(Table1).ThestrongestearthquakewasintheSeaofOkhotsk,measuringMS8.2onMay24(Fig.1).Earthquakesoccurredmainlyinthewesternpartofthecircum-Pacificseismicbelt.Comparedwiththeseismicityin2012,thefrequencyincreasedsignificantlyandtheenergyreleaseofearthquakeswasobviouslylow.FeaturesofglobalseismicityofMS≥7.0areasfollows:
简介:ThispapersummarizesthelayoutoftheYunnanseismicELFelectromagneticobservationnetwork,siteselection,ELFelectromagneticinstrumentsystem,dataprocessingandotherconstruction.TheprincipleandmethodofusingtheELFelectromagneticwavetechniquetomonitorandpredictearthquakesareexpounded.ThelongtermmonitoringofELFelectromagneticfieldsiscarriedoutintheYunnanearthquakepronearea,andatthesametime,thechangesinelectricalparametersandspatialelectromagneticfieldsoftheregionalcrustalmediumstructurearemonitored.Thefunctionssuchasautomatic,quasirealtime,remotemonitoring,networkmonitoring,dataprocessingspecialization,dataservice,datasharingandindustrializationoftheELFelectromagneticobservationdatahavebeenrealized.Inordertocapturethedeepelectromagneticprecursoryinformationoftheearthquakes,serviceforearthquakepredictionresearch,whichhasbroadapplicationprospectsanddevelopmentpotential.ThroughtheresearchoftheseismicityofYunnaninthetrialrunperiodoftheproject,thepreliminaryresultsoftheextremelowfrequencyelectromagneticobservationoftheYunnanearthquakeinrecentyearsaregiven.TheelectromagneticprecursorsandtheelectromagneticeffectsoftheYangbiearthquakearerecorded.Inthe3-monthperiodbeforetheearthquake,thepowerspectrumoftheelectricandmagneticfields,theapparentresistivityandtheimpedancephaseintheobservedsignalsareallabnormal,andgraduallyincreasedwithtime.Themaximumvalueisreached20daysbeforetheearthquake,andanearthquakeoccurswhenthechangeisrestoredtonormal.
简介:Usingthedouble-differencerelocationalgorithm,werelocatedthe20April2013Lushan,Sichuan,earthquake(MS7.0),andits4,567aftershocksrecordedduringtheperiodbetween20AprilandMay3,2013.Ourresultsshowedthatmostaftershocksarerelocatedbetween10and20kmdepths,butsomelargeaftershockswererelocatedaround30kmdepthandsmalleventsextendedupwardnearthesurface.Verticalcrosssectionsillustrateashovel-shapedfaultplanewithavariabledipanglefromthesouthwesttonortheastalongthefault.Furthermore,thedipangleofthefaultplaneissmalleraroundthemainshockthanthatinthesurroundingareasalongthefault.Theseresultssuggestthatitmaybeeasytogeneratethestrongearthquakeintheplacehavingasmalldipangleofthefault,whichissomewhatsimilartothegenesisofthe2008Wenchuanearthquake.TheLushanmainshockisunderlainbytheseismicallyanomalouslayerswithlow-VP,low-VS,andhigh-Poisson’sratioanomalies,possiblysuggestingthatthefluid-filledfracturedrockmatricesmightsignificantlyreducetheeffectivenormalstressonthefaultplanetobringthebrittlefailure.TheseismicgapbetweenLushanandWenchuanaftershocksissuspectedtobevulnerabletofutureseismicrisksatgreaterdepths,ifany.
简介:Aseismicarrayoftwentyfourseismometers(Qiaojiaarray)operatedbytheInstituteofGeophysics,ChinaEarthquakeAdministrationwassituatedalongtheZemuhefaultandthenorthendofXiaojiangfault,whichisapartoftheeastboundaryoftheChuan-Dian(Sichuan-Yunnan)rhombuscrustalmass.TheQiaojiaarraystartedoperationattheendofFebruary,2012.SincethentheApril20,2013LushanMS7.0earthquakeandtheAugust3,2014LudianMS6.5earthquakehaveoccurredinthevicinityoftheQiaojiaarray.TheearthquakecataloguerecordedbytheQiaojiaarraysinceMarch,2012isusedinthisstudy.ThetemporalvariationoftheearthquakecountbeforetheLushaneventandtheLudianeventisanalyzed.Theresultsareasfollows:①AverycleargraduallyincreasingvariationofthecountofM≥2.0earthquakeswithintheregion,whereallearthquakesrecordedbytheQiaojiaarraycoveragecanbefoundbeforetheLushaneventandtheLudianevent,andtheincreasingrangeanddurationofthecountbeforetheLudianeventarebothlargerthanthosebeforetheLushanevent.②IntheregioncoveredbytheQiaojiaarray,forearthquakeswithdepthh≤10kmarisingprocessofthecountwasmanifestedbeforebothevents,alongwithanearlysamedurationofaboutfiveandahalfmonths,andforearthquakeswithdepthsh>10kmarising-droppingprocessofthecountwasmanifestbeforetheLushanevent,beforewhichtherising-droppingprocessappearedagain.Thevariationofthecountforearthquakeswithdepthh≤10kmisthereverseofthatforearthquakeswithdepthh>10km.③WithinandneartheregioncoveredbytheQiaojiaarray,thevariationofthecountmanifestsarisingprocessforearthquakeswithdepthh≤10kmorh>10kmbeforetheLushaneventandonlyforearthquakeswithdepthh≤10kmbeforetheLudianevent.Thevariationofthecountmanifestsaweakeningprocessforearthquakeswithdepthh>10kmbeforetheLushanevent.Itisshownfromtheaboveresultsthattheseismicitywit
简介:Thedensebroadbandseismicnetworkprovidesmorehigh-qualitywaveformthatishelpfultoimproveconstraintfocaldepthofshallowearthquake.Manyshallowearthquakesoccurringinsedimentwereregardedasinducedevents.InSichuanbasin,gasindustryandsaltminingaredependentonfluidinjectiontechniquethattriggersmicroseismicity.WeadoptedwaveforminversionmethodwithregionalrecordstoobtainfocalmechanismofanMs4.8earthquakeatChangning.TheresultsuggestedthattheChangningearthquakeoccurredataESEthrustfault,anditsfocaldepthwasabout3km.ThedepthphasesincludingteleseismicpPphaseandregionalsPLphaseshowsthatthefocaldepthisabout2km.Thestrong,shortperiodsurfacewavesuggeststhatthiseventisaveryshallowearthquake.TheamplituderatiobetweenRayleighwaveanddirectSwavewasalsousedtoestimatethesourcedepthofthemainshock.Thefocaldepth(2–4km)isfarlessthanthedepthofthesedimentarylayerthickness(6–8km)inepicentralregion.Itisclosetothedepthoffluidinjectionofsaltmining,whichmayimplythatthiseventwastriggeredbytheindustrialactivity.
简介:2013年8月12日在西藏自治区左贡与芒康交界发生6.1级地震,该地震宏观震中位于左贡县田妥镇嘎益村-仁果乡吞永村一带,最大烈度Ⅷ度,但不构成Ⅷ度区.根据现场工作队所收集的资料,分析了震区各类房屋建筑的震害特征及其破坏原因,并根据此次地震对该地区房屋所造成的破坏程度提出了防震减灾研究建议,并强调了此类民居需要加强抗震设计.
简介:BasedonthewaveformdataobservedbytheregionalseismicnetworkofGansuProvince,wecalculatedtheapparentstressof422earthquakeswithM_L≥2.0occurringinthesurroundingareaoftheMinxianearthquakefromJanuary2010toJuly2014andobtainedthetemporalandspatialvariationofapparentstressbeforeandaftertheMinxianearthquake.Resultsshowthat(1)thehighvalueofapparentstressofearthquakeswithM_L≥4.0wasconcentratedintheepicenterareabeforetheMinxianearthquakewhilethatofearthquakeswithM_L<4.0wasnot;(2)ApparentstressaroundtheepicenterareashowedanobviousincreasingprocessbeforetheMinxianearthquakeandtheincreasingprocesshascontinuedafterthemainshock,whichmeansthatthisstudyareaisstillinthedangerofstrongearthquakes.
简介:OnJuly22,2013,theMinxian-ZhangxianM_S6.6earthquakeoccurredontheeastsegmentofLintan-Dangchangfault.TheanalysisofdigitalelevationandremotesensingimagingshowsthattheeastsegmentofLintan-Dangchangfaultisstillactiveandthemainthrustfeatureofthefaultswitchestoleftlateralslip.Withthefieldresearchofintensityanddamage,severalabnormalareasofdegreeⅧspreadintheisoseismallineofdegreeⅦandsomeabnormalareasofdegreeⅦspreadintheisoseismallineofdegreeⅥ.Theseabnormalareasaredistributedalongthehangingwallofthefaultinawidthof2km.TheanalysisbasedontheremotesensinganddigitalelevationmodelshowsthatthesegmentoftheLintan-DangchangfaultsouthofMinxianmainlyslipsinleftliteral.Thefaultmovementmadethesoilsoftinthefaultzone.Theearthquakemotionpropagatedalongthefaultzone.Thereforethestrongearthquakemotioncausedfoundationfailureinthesoftsoilalongthefaultzoneandtheabnormalintenseareasofdisasterformed.