Seismic intensity investigation of the 2001 M=6.0 Yajiang-Kangding earthquake and discussion on its background of seismogenic structures*

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摘要 AnM=6.0earthquakeoccurredonFebruary23,2001inthewesternSichuanProvince,China.Themacroseismicepicentersituatedinthehighmountain-narrowvalleyregionbetweenYajiangandKangdingcounties.Accordingtofieldinvestigationintheregion,theintensityofepicentralareareachedVIIIandtheareaswithintensityVIII,VIIandVIare180km2,1472km2and3998km2,respectively.TheisoseismalsaregenerallyinellipticshapewithmajoraxistrendingnearN-Sdirection.TheearthquakedestroyedmanybuildingsandproducedsomephenomenaofgroundfailureandmountainousdisastersintheareawithintensityVIII.Thiseventmayberesultedfromlong-termactivitiesoftheLitangfaultandYunongxifault,twomainfaultsinthewesternSichuan.Themovementsbetweenthemainfaultsmadethecruststressadjustedandconcentrated,andfinallytheearthquakeonasecondaryfaultintheblockreleasedaquitelargeenergy.
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出处 《地震学报:英文版》 2002年1期
出版日期 2002年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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