简介:Usingthe78focalmechanismsolutionsoftheforeshocks,mainshockandaftershocksoftheearthquakesequencefortheYao'anearthquake,thecharacteristicsofthefocalfaultsandstressfieldfortheearthquakesequenceareanalyzed.TheresultsshowthatthemainruptureplaneoftheYao'anearthquakesequenceisatectonicfaultwithN50°Wstrikeandsteepdipandallthemainshock,theforeshocksandthevastmajorityofaftershocksoccurredonthemainruptureplane.AtectonicfracturewithNNE-NEstrikealsoparticipatedindevelopmentprocessofthesequencedominatedbyprincipalcompressionalstresswithnearlyhorizontalorientationSSEisconsistentwiththeregionaltectonicstressfield.Inthesequencedevelopment,thestressfieldinthefocalregionwascomplexwithmultiaximuthsandmulti-actionmodelsandthefocalruptureshowedcomplexfeatureswithmulti-directionsandmulti-patterns.