简介:Bycalculatingtheazimuth,phaseangleandchangerateoftidalforce,andcontrastingtheirrupturetypes,wefindthatin6of11reversefaultingearthquakes,theanglesbetweenthedirectionofthehorizontaltidalforceandcompressiveprincipalstressarewithin33°,theverticalphaseanglesofall8strike-slipearthquakesareintheupwardpeaksectionandtheverticalphaseanglesoftwoextensionalnormalfaultingearthquakesareinthedownwardpeaksection.Accordingtotheabovestatistics,themechanismoftidalforcetriggeringoftheWenchuanMS8.0Earthquakeanditsstrongaftershocksisdiscussed.