简介:OnOctober27,2001,alargeearthquakewithMs6.0,namedtheYongshengearthquake,occurredalongtheJinshajiangsegmentofChenghaifaultinYongshengCounty,YunnanProvince.ItisthelargesteventtooccuralongtheChenghaifaultinthelast200years.Theseismo-geologicalsurveyshowsthattheseismogenicfault,whichistheJinshajiangsegmentofChenghalfault,takesleft-lateralstrike-slipasitsdominantmovementpattern.Accordingtodifferencesinverticalmotion,motiontime,landformsandscales,theChenhalfaultcanbedividedintoeightsegments.TheJinshajiangsegmenthasaverticaldislocationrateof0.4mm/a,farlowerthanthemeanrateoftheChenghaifault,about2.0mm/a.It'sdeducedthatthetwosidesofJinshajiangsegment'stuck'tightlyandhinderedthestrike-slipoftheChenghaifault.ThestrongearthquakedistributionbeforethiseventshowsthattheJinshajiangsegmentwasintheseismicgap.TheChenghaifault,asaboundaryoftectonicsub-blocks,makestheNorthwestYunnanblockandtheMiddleYunnanblockmoveclockwise,andtheirmarginsmoveoppositelyalongtheChenghalfault.InthemotionprocessoftheChenghaifault,structuralhindranceandtheseismicgapofstrongearthquakesarepropitioustotheconcentrationandaccumulationofstructurestress.Asaresult,theYongshengMs6.0earthquakeoccurred.TheSujiazhuang-ShangangfusegmentissimilartotheJinshajiangsegmentwithalowverticalmotionrateof0.3mm/aandintheseismicgap.Soit'spostulatedthatthesegmentmaybecomeanewstructurehindrance,andtheYongshengMs6.0earthquakemaytriggertheoccurrenceoffuturelargeearthquakesalongthissegment.
简介:Completerecordsofmorethan3,000earthquakeeventsintheShanxi,WenzhoureservoirearthquakesequencewererecordedfromAugusttoNovember,2014bythehigh-density,high-resolutionmonitoringstationsoftheZhejiangRegionalDigitalSeismicNetworkandthereservoirearthquakemonitoringnetwork,withamaximummagnitudeofM4.2.Basedon3-Depicenterlocation,focalmechanismsolutions,andincombinationwiththegeologicalandtectoniccharacteristicsofthereservoirarea,theearthquakesequenceisdiscussedinthispaper.ThelinearfittingoftheHypoSATlocationresultsshowthatthemainshockoccurredintheNWtrendingfaultandtheearthquakesequenceisconcentratedinbandsalongtheactivefaults,withastrikeof305°,dippingSWwithdipangleof85°.ByusingP-wavefirstmotionsymbols,weobtainedtheaveragefocalmechanismofM≥3.5earthquakes,withastrike308°anddip84°fornodalplaneII.Thefieldgeologicalsurveyandresearchshowthatthestrike,dipandrakeofnodalplaneIIareroughlyconsistentwiththeoccurrenceoftheShuangxi-Jiaoxifault.ThecomprehensiveanalysisrevealsthattheNW-trendingShuangxi-Jiaoxifaultistheseismogenicstructureoftheearthquakes.
简介:6.5Ludian地震引起了617的一个死亡人数的2014大小,许多山崩和几万座折叠大楼。评估损坏到大楼的地调查在地震的出现以后立即被执行。严重地损坏的aseismic大楼,基本上在Longtoushan镇的闹市区被观察,小心地与目的一个一个地被检验改进设计代码。这份报纸总结在两个观察到调查aseismic大楼的损坏结构、本地的层次。一个普通失败模式被观察aseismic大楼的那个大多数例如RC框架结构和限制石工技术结构,被严重损坏或第一个故事的完全的倒塌同样破坏。相关充分的理由运动,在附近的车站被记录,有不到20s的短持续时间但是很大的针网阵列直到1.0g。基于新设计,代码仍然没能完成设计的RC框架为强壮的列指向,弱横梁。典型本地失败细节,与在RC列和填入墙之间并且在构造上的列和石工技术墙之间的相互作用有关,与初步的分析被总结。
简介:AnM_S7.3earthquakeoccurredonFebruary12,2014inYutianCounty,XinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion,whichwasfollowedbyaseriesofaftershocks.ThispapercalculatesthedepthoftheM_S7.3earthquakesequencebyusingthedeterministicapproachwiththeseismicphasedatafromthecatalogdatabaseoftheChinaEarthquakeNetworksCenter,combinedwithoriginalseismicwaverecordsfromtheDigitalSeismicNetworkCenteroftheEarthquakeAdministrationofXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion.
简介:TheFebruary12,2014,MS7.3,earthquakeinYutian,Xinjiang,China,occurredasaresultofshallowstrike-slipfaultinginthetectonicallycomplexregionofthenorthernTibetanPlateau,withadepthof17km.ThisearthquakeoccurredseveralhundredkilometersnorthoftheconvergentIndia-Eurasiaplateboundary.TheepicenterlocationoftheYutianearthquake,36.1°N,82.5°E,is110kmnorthofYutianCounty,HotanPrefecture.AlargenumberofaftershocksfromML2.0toML3.0occurreduntil12:00oclock,February23,2014andthelargestaftershock,MS5.7,occurredat17:24p.m.,February12,2014.ThebandhvalueofYutiansequenceare0.70and1.29,respectively.ThewaitingtimemethodrevealsthatthestrongaftershocksaboveML4.5complywithalinearrelationship,whichisconsistentwiththecharacteristicsofamainshock-aftershocksequence.Furthermore,wecalculatethesourceparametersandanalyzetheruptureprocessbasedontheempiricalrelationshipsfortheYutianearthquake,andtheresultsindicateafrictionalundershootbehaviorinthedynamicsourceprocessoftheYutianearthquake,whichisalsoinagreementwiththelowerandsimilarbvaluescomparedwiththe2008MS7.3Yutianearthquakeandthe2012MS6.2Yutianearthquake.
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: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:TheYutianearthquakewithM_S7.3happenedonFebruary12,2014.Theprecursormonitoringabilityisweakinthatarea.Wefoundtendencyanomaliesandmiddle-andshort-termanomaliesfrommetalpendulumtiltmeasurementsinHotanseismicstationbeforetheearthquake.AndwealsocomparedtheanomalieswiththatoftheM_S7.3YutianearthquakeonMarch21,2008.Thetendencyanomaliesmeasuredbythemetalpendulumtiltmeterappearedsince2012astiltingeastward.Whilethemiddle-andshort-termanomalieswerecharacterizedbyacceleration,pauseandrapidchangeoftiltrateintwodirections.Thetendencyanomaliesofmetalpendulumtiltrecordsarethesamebeforethetwoearthquakes.Theybothhappenedintheeastdirection.However,therearedifferencesinduration,characteristicandearthquakeintervalsforthemiddle-andshort-termanomalies.
简介:辽宁是历史地震资料比较缺乏的地区,深入研究历史疑难地震,尤其是确认一些破坏性地震,对补充已有的地震目录和开展地震预测及工程场地地震安全性评价有重要作用。在历史地震研究中认真考查,论证已有的地震史料是最主要的手段和方法。但是若能在此基础上,利用现代地震资料,按"地震重复"发生理论反推一些历史上可能存在的破坏性地震,也可以认为是对历史地震研究方法的一种补充。按照这一思路,本文在进一步分析地震史料的基础上,通过与现代地震活动图像和大地震震害现象的对比,确认辽宁地区1509年4月21日的地震是一次破坏性地震,并对1552年10月27日的地震做了讨论。
简介:Wesuccessfullyemployanautomaticcentroidmomenttensor(CMT)inversionsystemtoinfertheCMTsolutionsoftheFebruary12,2014MS7.3Yutian,Xinjiangearthquakeusingnear-fieldseismicwaveforms(4°<△<12°)observedbythevirtualChinaseismicnetworks,whichhavebeenrecentlysetup.Theresultsindicatethatthiseventoccurredonaruptureplane(strike243°,dip70°,andrake-18°),showingleft-lateralstrike-slipfaultingwithaminornormal-faultingcomponent.Thecentroidinthehorizontaldirectionislocatednearly13kmeastoftheepicenter(36.123°N,82.499°E),andthebest-fittingcentroiddepthisaround10km.Thetotalscalarmoment,M0,isretrievedwithanaveragevalueof3.05×1019N·m,correspondingtomomentmagnitudeMW6.92.Mostoftheenergyisreleasedwithinabout14s.Moreover,wediscussaboutthepotentialapplicationofthissysteminearthquakedisasterdecision.
简介:ThepaperinvertsthefocalmechanismsolutionsoftheYutianM_S7.3mainshock,foreshocksandM_S≥3.5aftershocksbyusingtheCAPmethod,basedonthebroadbandwaveformsrecordedbytheXinjiangandTibetDigitalSeismicNetworks.TheresultsshowthattheM_S7.3strongearthquakeisofstrike-sliptypewithanormalfaultingcomponent,andcombinedwiththeanalysisoffocalstructureandtheaftershockdistribution,thenodalplaneIwithstrike241°,dip90°andrake-22°isconsideredtobetheseismogenicfaultplaneofthemainshock.ThedirectionofP-axisforthemainshockis194°,closetothenearNSdirectionoftheprincipalstressP-axisofhistoricalstrongearthquakesinthisregion.ThefocalmechanismsolutionoftheM_S5.4foreshockhasagoodconsistencywiththatofthemainshock.Amongthe18aftershocks,10areofstrike-sliptype,6areofnormalfaultingtypeand2areofthrusttype.70%oftheaftershocksinthesequencehaveafocalmechanismwithP-axisinthenear-NSdirection.ThefocaldepthsofthisM_S7.3earthquakesequencesaredistributedintherangeof5km-28km,withthemajorityinthedepthrangeof15km-20km,slightlydeeperthanthedepthof10kmofthemainshockascalculated.
简介:Thispaperintroducesthegeologicalstructurebackgroundaroundthe2014YutianM_S7.3earthquakearea,investigatesandanalyzestheregimeofsmallearthquakeactivityandthecharacteristicsofregionalseismicitypatterninXinjiangbeforetheearthquake,andcomparesthecharacteristicsoftheregionalseismicactivitywiththe2008YutianM_S7.3earthquake.Theresultsshow:12~3yearsbeforethe2014YutianM_S7.3earthquake,Xinjiangwasinaseismicactivestatewithstrongearthquakeoccurringsuccessively,andbeforethe2008M_S7.3earthquake,Xinjiangwasinthequietstateofmoderate-smallearthquakeswithM3.0~4.0.2BeforethisYutianM_S7.3earthquake,theregionalseismicactivityshowedashort-termanomalyfeature,thatis,seismicityofM≥5.0earthquakessignificantlyincreasedontheAltunseismiczoneandinthesourceareathreeyearsbeforetheM_S7.3earthquake,whileafiveyearlongquiescenceofseismicityofM≥4.0earthquakesappearedontheeastofthesourceareainarangeofabout440km.SixmonthsbeforethisM7.3earthquake,thereexistedseismicgapofM3.0~4.0earthquakesandnear-conjugateseismicbeltmagnitude3.0and4.0inthesourcearea.3ThestateofstrongearthquakeactivityandtheseismicitypatternofsmallearthquakesbeforethisYutianM_S7.3earthquakeweresignificantlydifferenttothatbeforethe2008YutianM_S7.3earthquake,andthismayberelatedtothedifferentseismogenicenvironmentsofthetwoM_S7.3earthquakes.
简介:TheregionaltectonicbackgroundandcharacteristicsofactivefaultsoftheYutianMS7.3earthquakeonFebruary12,2014arediscussedinthispaper.AftertheanalysisoftheepicenterareaoftheMS7.3earthquakein2014andthefocalmechanismsoftheformerstrongearthquakesaroundit,theauthorsdeducedthattheseismogenicfaultoftheMS7.3earthquakeistheeastbranchoftheAshikulefault.TheMS7.3earthquakein2014andtheMS7.3earthquakein2008aretwostrongearthquakeeventsonthedifferentsectionsoftheAltunTaghfault,wherethefaultbehaviorchangesfromsinistralsliptonormalfaultingbecauseoftheextensionaltaileffectsinthesouthernendoftheAltunTaghfault.ItisconcludedthatthetwoMS7.3earthquakeshavethesamedynamicsource,andtheMS7.3earthquakein2008promotedtheoccurrenceoftheMS7.3earthquakein2014.Finally,wecalculatetheCoulombstresschangetotheseismogenicfaultoftheMS7.3earthquakein2014fromtheMS7.3earthquakein2008usingthelayeredcrustmodel.TheresultalsoshowsthattheMS7.3earthquakein2008acceleratedtheoccurrenceoftheMS7.3earthquakein2014.
简介: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.