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.
简介:Basedonwaveformdata,severalmethodstodeterminefocalmechanismsofsmallearthquakesweredevelopedsince1980.Kisslinger(1980)andJulian,Foulger(1996)proposedanapproachtodeterminesolutionbyusingamplituderatioofPandSwave.Schwartz(1995)devisedamethodtodeterminesolutionsbytheuseofpolaritydataandamplitudesofseismogramenvelopes.Amplitudesofshortperiodseismicwavespropagatinginaninhomogene-ousmediumaresensitivetothevariationinvelocityandQstructure.Nakamura,etal(1999)tookmediuminhomo-geneityintoaccountindeterminingfocalmechanismsofsmallearthquakesusingwaveformdata.Ifthelocationsofsmallearthquakesareconcentratedinasmallregion,wecanassumethattheraypathsfromtheeventstoagivenstationarealmostthesame.SoPandSwaveattenuationsareindependentofeventlocations.Inthiscaseitiscon-venienttodeterminefocalmechanismsoftheseeventsbyusingshortperiodPandSwavedataj.Focalmechanismsolutionsofsmallearthquakesin5regions,i.e.,Rongchang,Mabian-Muchuan,Ya¢an,BaoxingandMianzhu,whicharecoveredbytheChengduTelemeteredNetwork,areobtainedbyanalyzingthePpolarityandshortbodywaveamplitudedatarecordedinthenetworksince1992.AccordingtothemethodproposedbyGephartandForsyth(1984),basedonwelldeterminedfocalmechanismsolutionsin15sub-zonesofSichuanandYunnanarea,threeprincipalstresstensorss1,s2,ands3,insteadofaveragesofP,B,andTaxisofthesolutions,aredeterminedtorepresenttheregionalstressfielddistribution.
简介:本文采用“双差地震定位法”重新定位了福建数字地震台网正式运行以来发生的水口库区附近的地震,结果表明,记录的地震分二个时段,分别发生于不同的小区域内1999年1月~12底,发生于N26.35°~N26.40°,E118.67°~E118.70°,约5×3km2范围内,震源深度集中在9~10km范围内,整个震源的分布为一近水平的南北展布,具有一定的构造地震特征;2000年初至2005年末,地震主要发生于N26.39°~N26.41°,E118.62°~E118.64°,约2×2km2范围内,震源深度约2~4km,由于记录的地震震级小、个数少、时间跨度大,认为应是浅表应力局部调整的结果。