TheYajiangearthquakesequencein2001,withthemajoreventsofMs5.1onFeb.14andofMs6.0onFeb.23,aresignificanteventsintheSichuanregionduringthelast13years.Eighty-eightearthquakesinthesequencewithatleast5distinctonsetparametersforeachrecordedbytheSichuanSeismicNetworkintheperiodofJan.1throughJune30,2001werechosenforthisstudy.TheeventsarerelocatedandthefocalmechanismisderivedfromP-waveonsetsfor13eventswithrelativelylargermagnitudes.Thefocaldepthofallearthquakesfallbetweenarangeof2kmto16km,withdominantdistributionbetween9kmto11km.Theforeshocks,theMs5.1earthquakeandtheMs6.0earthquakeandtheiraftershocksarealllocatedclosetotheZihefaultandthedominantepicentraldistributionisinNWdirection,identicaltothatofthefault.ThefracturesurfaceofthefocalmechanismisdeterminedinaccordancetothemasstransferorientationintherecentearthdeformationfieldintheYajiangregion.ThePaxesoftheprincipalcompressivestressinfocalmechanismsolutionsofthe13eventsshowbiggerverticalcomponents,andthehorizontalprojectiontrendingSE.Theearthquakesareofleft-lateral,strike-slipnormal,andnormalstrike-sliptypes.TherupturesurfaceofmostearthquakesstrikeNW-SE,dippingSW.Basedontheaboveinformation,weconcludethattheZihefaultthatcrossestheearthquakearea,strikingNWanddippingSW,istheseismogenicfaultfortheYajiangearthquakesequence.
