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.
