简介:公元1590年7月,在甘肃临洮附近有破坏性历史地震记载“……坏城廓庐舍,压死人畜无算”。同月,青海东部的冰沟城(今乐都县东北)也因地震而城崩。在过去出版的地震目录中,均按两次地震列出,分别称为甘肃临洮5Y2级地震,震中烈度Ⅶ度:青海乐都5级地震,震中烈度Ⅵ度。根据史料考证和现场调查结果,综合分析认为,上述两次地震很有可能为同一次地震,其震中位于甘肃永靖东南的马衔山区,震中烈度达Ⅷ一Ⅸ度,震级6V2级左右,其发震构造很可能为兰州马衔山北缘断裂带的中西段。
简介: Introduction Withrapiddevelopmentandadvancementofeconomyandsociety,lotsofcitygroupsorcitybeltswithex-tra-largecitiesastheircentershavebeenformedinChina.Theregionsthesecitygroupslieinusuallyhavewell-developedeconomy,densepopulation,andareregionalpoliticsandculturecenters.Somegroupslieintheregionswithhighlevelofearthquakeactivity,suchastheSurroundingCapitalCityGroupwiththecentersofBei-jingandTianjin.Oncealargeearthquakeoccurs,itsinfluencewillspreadtoveryextensiveregionanditsdisasterwillbetremendoustoo.Soearthquakeresistanceanddisastermitigationofcitygroupwillbeverysignificantissue.Thecitiesinagrouphaveclosedistancewitheachother;theycancarryoutunifiedpreparationfordisasterasonewholeandreducetheheavyloadofsinglecitybeforeanearthquake,andhaveanadvantageofpromptmutual-aidafteranearthquakebecauseofclosedistance.Itisespeciallysignificanttomitigatetheloseoflives.Oneimportantpreconditionisthatallthecitiesinonegroupcannotbeexposedtothesamelevelofdestroyduringoneearth-quake.Sothedivisionofcitygroupintheregionwithdensecitiesdistributionshallbeverysignificanttotheemergentmutual-aidinearlytimeafteralargeearthquake.Forthisgoal,thecharacteristicsandcorrelativityofearthquake′simpactoncitiesinonegroupneedtoclearlybeconsidered.Thecitieswithsimilarfeaturesandstrongcorrelativityofhistoricalearthquakeinfluencehavelargechancetosuffersameleveldestroyduringthefuturestrongearthquakeandaredisadvantagetoprovidemutual-aidandshallnotbedividedintoonegroup. ……
简介:TheemergenceofZhangHeng’sseismoscopehasaprofoundhistoricalbackground.ThispaperintendstoexploretheformationandmaterialbasisofZhangHeng’sscientificthought.Itappearsthatthesimpleintentionof"observingvisionsanddistinguishinggoodfortuneormisfortune"washismotivationtodeveloptheseismoscope.Tracingitshistoricalbackground,theauthorsproposedinthispaperthatthedevelopmentofthisseismoscopestartedaround128A.D.,andbasedonperceptualknowledge,twoideasaboutearthquakescameintobeing,i.e.,earthquakelocationcouldbejudgedaccordingtotheinstrumentshakingdirection,andtheearthquakeandearthsplitwereessentiallydifferent.Intheinstrumentmanufacture,ZhangHengadvocatedaprincipleof"makingutensilstoimitatecosmos".Bythisprinciple,thefollowingthreeproblemswerereadilysolved:theseismoscopeimitatedtheresponseofthesuspensionsystemtoearthquakes(i.e.naturalseismoscope).Technically,thetriggermechanismofthelatchwasusedforreference,anditrecordedthephysicalevidenceofearthquakeoccurrencebyaningeniouswayofaballdroppingfromadragon’smouth.Thesolutionofthesethreekeyproblemsleadtotheemergenceoftheseismoscopein132A.D.andthesuccessfuldetectionofanearthquakein134A.D.Hisinventiondeepenedhumanity’sknowledgeofnaturallaws,andpromotedthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyinthattimeandlater.
简介:In2004,China’sdigitalseismicobservationnetworkprojectbegantodeploy40setsYRY-4four-componentboreholestrainmetersinordertomonitorearthquakepreparationprocess.Thepaperdescribesobservedsolidtidalstraindiscretenessandtidalfactoranisotropy,analyzesthereliabilityofobservationaldataanddiscussesthecauseforthisphenomenon.Aftergettingridofinterferences,thenetwork,intwoyearspractice,hasobservedseveralpre-seismicstrainanomaliesatstationsclosetoepicentersespeciallyintheWenchuanMS8.0megaquake.Itshowsthatthisboreholestrainmeternetworkiscapableofmonitoringseismogenicprocess.
简介:ThestudiesonthestructureandphysicalpropertiesoftheEarth'sinteriordonebyChinesegeophysicistsfrom1999to2002werereviewedinthispaper.Itincludesseveralresearchareas:thestructureoftheEarth'sinteriorsusingseismictomography,anisotropyoftheuppermantleinChinaanditsadjacentareas,qualityfactorQβforSwaves,subductionzone,mantlediscontinuities,physicalpropertiesofEarth'smaterialsandothers.Thereviewconcernsmainlythecontents,themethodsandtheresultsofthestudies.ItcanbeseenthatnewprogressinthestudyonthestructureandphysicalpropertiesoftheEarth'sinteriorhasbeenmadeinthelast4yearsinChina.Itisshownonthreeaspects:advancementmadeonsomepreexistentareas;pioneeringonsomenewfieldsandnewmethodsadopted.
简介:Thispaperpresentsamodifiedhalf-sine-squaredloadmodelofthejumpingimpulsesforasingleperson.Themodelisbasedonadatabaseof22,921experimentallymeasuredsinglejumpingloadcyclesfrom100testsubjects.Threedimensionalmotioncapturetechnologyinconjunctionwithforceplateswasemployedintheexperimenttorecordjumpingloads.Thevariationrangeandprobabilitydistributionofthecontrollingparametersfortheloadmodelsuchastheimpactfactor,jumpingfrequencyandcontactratio,arediscussedusingtheexperimentaldata.Correlationrelationshipsbetweenthethreeparametersareinvestigated.Thecontactratioandjumpingfrequencyareidentifiedasindependentmodelparameters,andanempiricalfrequency-dependentfunctionisderivedfortheimpactfactor.Thefeasibilityoftheproposedloadmodelisestablishedbycomparingthesimulatedloadcurveswithmeasuredones,andbycomparingtheaccelerationresponsesofasingle-degree-of-freedomsystemtothesimulatedandmeasuredjumpingloads.Theresultsshowthatarealisticindividualjumpingloadcanbegeneratedbytheproposedmethod.Thiscanthenbeusedtoassessthedynamicresponseofassemblystructures.
简介:HistoricaldataregardingZhangHeng'sseismoscopeisnotsingularproof.Actually,thefourearliesthistoricaldocuments,i.e.,ContinuationofHistoriographyofHanDynasty,HistoriographyoftheLaterHan,BookoftheLaterHanandDingRecordallhaverelevantrecordsofitsstructure,size,principle,responsetoearthquakeandactualapplications.Thesefiveaspectsaresupportedbyarchaeologicalresearch,unearthedculturalrelics,historicalearthquakesandmodernseismologicalstudy.Thesehistoricalmaterialscontainagreatdealofspecificinformationaboutthisancientseismoscope.Inconclusion,theauthenticityandreliabilityofZhangHeng'sseismoscopeareverified.
简介:TheseismicwaveformoftheYutianMS7.3earthquake,XinjiangonFebruary12,2014wasrecordedclearlyandcompletelybytheDigitalSeismicNetworksofXinjiang,Qinghai,Tibet,andXinjiangHotanarray,sothemethodofjointlocationbyregionalseismicnetworkandseismicarraycanbeusedtoaccuratelydeterminetheearthquakesourcelocation.Thefollowingtechnologieswereusedintheprocessoflocation:(1)WeselectedseismicstationsequallylocatedaroundtheepicenteroftheMS7.3earthquakewithanaverageintervalofabout15degreesintheinitiallocation.(2)TherecordingwaveformsofYutianseismicstationwererotatedtotheradialandtangentialdirectionstopreciselyobtainthearrivaltimeofS-wavestodeterminetheepicentraldistance.(3)Thevelocitymodelwasusedinthedeterminationoflocationoftheepicenter,basedonthehistoricalrecordsofearthquakesintheareawithinaradiusof1.0°fromthesourceasthecenter,andthevelocitymodelisobtainedafterre-fittingandcalibration.(4)BasedonthewaveformrecordsoftheHotanseismicarray,themethodofwaveformbeamingwasusedtodeterminetheazimuthsandperformthecorrectionoftheepicenterlocationwiththeseazimuths.(5)Thedeterministicmethodwasusedtomeasurethesourcedepth.Finally,itisconcludedthattheYutianMS7.3mainshockhypocenterlocationis36.197°N,82.467°E,focaldepth12kmandoriginaltime17:19:48.2p.m.February12,2014.
简介:ResearchonnonlinearR/SmethodanditspplicationinearthquakepredictionBi-QuanWANG(王碧泉);Han-MingHUANG(黄汉明);Hong-ShunFAN(范洪顺);Chuen...
简介:EstimatedGreen'sfunction(EGF)betweenstationshasbeenextractedfromambientseismicnoise,directsurfacewaveandcodawaves.Itisalsoconfirmedbylaboratoryexperimentsonultrasonicsandtheoreticalderivationsassumingdiffusivewavefield,equi-partitionofmodesorrandomsourcesonanenclosedsurface.Thismethodprovidesanewapproachtostudythecrustandmantlestructureatregionalscale,continentalscaleandglobalscale.Followingtheachievementswithseismometerrecords,therecordsofinfrasonicstation,hydrophoneandmicrophonewerealsousedtoobtaintheEGFsofdifferentwavefields.Sincesuperconductinggravimeterisabetterlongperiodinstrumentthanregularseismometer,EGFatlongerperiodisexpectedtobeobtainedwiththecrosscorrelationofgravitydata.Inthispaper,wewillshowtheEGFsextractedbycross-correlationsbetweenthesuperconductinggravimetersandtheseismometers.Boththetraveltimesanddispersioncurvesobtainedfromdifferentdatatypesareconsistent.Theresultshowsthatitispossibletoretrievethedeepstructurebythecrosscorrelationofgravitydata.
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简介:AstatisticalanalysisoftectonicenvironmentforM≥6.0strongearthquakesinChina'scontinentsincethebeginningofrecordedhistoryisperformedbasedonthedataofactivefaultsstudiedduringlast10yearsandresultofcompilationofthefourthversionoftheMapofSeismicRegionalizationofChinaforEarthquakeProtection.Tectonictypesofseismicsourcesofstrongearthquakesinallseismicregionsandthemovementmodesofseismogenicstructuresarediscussed.Meanwhile,ananalysisoflengthsofsurfacerupturezonesproducedbyalltypesofearthquakes,orientationsoflongaxesofmeizoseismalareas,regionaltectonicstressfieldsinseismicsourceregionsforstrongearthquakes,geophysicalfields(gravityanomaly,highconductivitylayeranomaly,andterrestrialheatflowdensity),andrecentverticalcrustaldeformationfieldshavebeencarriedout.
简介:ThispapercalculatesthestaticCoulombstresschangesgeneratedbyfourearthquakesintheYutianareaduring2008~2014separately,thendiscussesthetriggeringinfluence,theiraccumulatedCoulombstresschangesandtheirinfluenceonnearbyfaults.TheresultsindicatethattheMS5.5earthquakein2011andtheM_S7.3earthquakein2014arebothintheregionswheretheCoulombstresschangeispositive,thestresschangesare0.004MPaand0.021MPa,respectively,meaningtheyaretriggeredbypriorearthquakes.TheMS6.2earthquakein2012occurredintheplacewhereCoulombstresschangewasnegative,soitispostponedbythepriorearthquakes.TheimageofCoulombstresschangesoftheMS7.3earthquakein2014isinaccordwithaftershocks(ML≥3.0)distribution,butsomeregionsonthefaultwheretheCoulombstresschangeispositivehavefewaftershocks,andstrongaftershocksmayoccuratthesedistrictsinfuture.Inaddition,thispapercalculatestheCoulombstresschangeonnearbyfaults,andfindsthattheCoulombstresschangesofdifferentelementsintheGGCfaultareverydifferent,andmustreceivestrongtriggered-influence,thoughtheresultmaybeinfluencedbytheinputfinitefaultmodel,sothereisstillalargeearthquake-risk.TheGGN,PLC,PLWandLBWfaultswerealsotriggeredbythefourearthquakesoccurringbetween2008~2014.TheirmaximumCoulombstresschangesallexceed0.002MPa,sotheyalsohaveastrongearthquakehazard.