Swarms of similar long-period earthquakes in the mantle beneath Mauna Loa Volcano     

Paul G. Okubo  Cecily J. Wolfe 《Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research》2008

We present analyses of two swarms of long-period (LP) earthquakes at > 30 km depth that accompanied the geodetically observed 2002–2005 Mauna Loa intrusion. The first LP earthquake swarm in 2002 consisted of 31 events that were precursory and preceded the start of Mauna Loa inflation; the second LP swarm of two thousand events occurred from 2004–2005. The rate of LP earthquakes slowed significantly coincident with the occurrence of the December 26, 2004 M_w 9.3 Sumatra earthquake, suggesting that the seismic waves from this great earthquake may have had a dynamic triggering effect on the behavior of Mauna Loa's deep magma system. Using waveform cross correlation and double difference relocation, we find that a large number of earthquakes in each swarm are weakly similar and can be classified into two families. The relocated hypocenters for each family collapse to compact point source regions almost directly beneath the Mauna Loa intrusion. We suggest that the observed waveform characteristics are compatible with each family being associated with the resonance of a single fluid filled vertical crack of fixed geometry, with differences in waveforms between events being produced by slight variations in the trigger mechanism. If these LP earthquakes are part of the primary magma system that fed the 2002–2005 intrusion, as indicated by the spatial and temporal associations between mantle seismicity and surface deformation, then our results raise the possibility that this magma system may be quite focused at these depths as opposed to being a diffuse network. It is likely that only a few locations of Mauna Loa's deep magma system met the geometric and fluid dynamic conditions for generating LP earthquakes that were large enough to be recorded at the surface, and that much of the deep magma transfer associated with the 2002–2005 intrusion occurred aseismically.  相似文献   

福州电磁波异常与闽台地震的相关性研究     

陈小云 《国际地震动态》2008,(1):9-13

利用福州电磁波观测资料,对给定时段内、范围内的闽台地区地震进行相关分析,找出福州电磁波异常与地震的相关系数,探讨福州电磁波异常信息的映震效能,为今后利用电磁波观测资料异常信息进行临震预报提供科学依据。  相似文献   

汶川Ms8．0地震的短临地电波动（潮汐力谐振和共振波-HRT波）前兆   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

钱复业  赵璧如  钱卫  赵健  何世根  李世愚  孙振凯  张东宁  张洪魁  卢军  李绍坤  郭纯生  夏坤寿  徐建明  鞠航  黎明  和泰名  唐宇雄  张平  赵玉林 《国际地震动态》2008,(7)

简要介绍了强震短临前兆的HRT波模型,和用HRT波模型分析强震前地电观测资料预测未来强震的时间、地点、震级三要素方法。用HRT波模型分析了2008年汶川MS8.0地震前四川红格地电台的记录资料,提取出了汶川MS8.0地震前短临前兆信息。  相似文献   

华北成组强震孕育过程及预测研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

刘蒲雄 《地震》2005,25(3):9-19

利用华北丰富的历史地震资料, 通过研究地震与块体活动的联系, 揭示了地震高潮期的形成过程。 认为地震高潮期成组强震的孕育与区域块体的运动方式相联系。 一个地震活动期可分为二个阶段, 在前期块体边界的运动是很不平衡的, 各组地震主要是由于各局部范围若干闭锁段破裂和破裂间相互作用的结果, 当沿块体边界的破裂发展到一定程度时, 这些边界所围的地块就会进入以整体运动为主的阶段, 这时块体边界的运动具有一定程度的同步性, 加之闭锁段破裂后不再重新闭锁, 从而导致块体边界闭锁段由弱到强渐进式的破裂过程, 直至一组强闭锁段完成破裂, 形成地震活动高潮。 这是成组强震形成的根本原因, 另外强震间的诱发作用也是强震成组发生的重要原因。 最后概述了如何利用以上模式预测地震高潮期的时间、 强度和主体活动场所。  相似文献   

岫岩5.4级地震序列主应力变化特征研究     

兰从欣  刘杰  马士振  武敏捷  苗春兰 《地震》2006,26(2):73-82

根据1999年岫岩地震序列的活动特点, 将其划分为前震、 余震密集、 余震平静、 余震衰减4个时段, 利用收集整理的1999年6月至2000年9月间该序列中161次2.5级以上地震的震源机制解和Gephart的应力反演方法, 研究了震源区各时段内构造应力场的总体特征和时序变化特征。 结果表明, 序列的主压应力方向与华北地区的构造应力场基本一致, 而且最大主压应力的空间取向经历了主震前相对稳定—主震后分散—最大余震前相对稳定—最大余震后分散的全过程。 该结果对主震和最大余震的预测具有一定的参考价值。  相似文献   

Regionality of deep low-frequency earthquakes associated with subduction of the Philippine Sea plate along the Nankai Trough, southwest Japan     

Shoichi Yoshioka  Mamiko Toda  Junichi Nakajima 《Earth and Planetary Science Letters》2008,272(1-2):189-198

The Fukuoka District Meteorological Observatory recently logged three possible deep low-frequency earthquakes (LFEs) beneath eastern Kyushu, Japan, a region in which LFEs and low-frequency tremors have never before been identified. To assess these data, we analyzed band-pass filtered velocity seismograms and relocated LFEs and regular earthquakes using the double-difference method. The results strongly suggest that the three events were authentic LFEs, each at a depth of about 50 km. We also performed relocation analysis on LFEs recorded beneath the Kii Peninsula and found that these LFEs occurred near the northwest-dipping plate interface at depths of approximately 29–38 km. These results indicate that LFEs in southwest Japan occur near the upper surface of the subducting Philippine Sea (PHS) plate. To investigate the origin of regional differences in the occurrence frequency of LFEs in western Shikoku, the Kii Peninsula, and eastern Kyushu, we calculated temperature distributions associated with PHS plate subduction. Then, using the calculated thermal structures and a phase diagram of water dehydration for oceanic basalt, the water dehydration rate (wt.%/km), which was newly defined in this study, was determined to be 0.19, 0.12, and 0.08 in western Shikoku, the Kii Peninsula, and eastern Kyushu, respectively; that is, the region beneath eastern Kyushu has the lowest water dehydration rate value. Considering that the Kyushu–Palau Ridge that is subducting beneath eastern Kyushu is composed of tonalite, which is low in hydrous minerals, this finding suggests that the regionality may be related to the amount of water dehydration associated with subduction of the PHS plate and/or differences in LFE depths. Notable dehydration reactions take place beneath western Shikoku and the Kii Peninsula, where the depth ranges for dehydration estimated by thermal modeling agree well with those for the relocated LFEs. The temperature range in which LFEs occur in these regions is estimated to be 400–500 °C.  相似文献   

中国东部中强地震发生的地震地质标志初探   总被引：4，自引：2，他引：2  

向宏发  韩竹军  张晚霞  曾建华  肖和平 《地震地质》2008,30(1):202-208

中国东部地区,尤其是105°~120°E,20°~35°N的中国东南部大陆地区,自有史记载以来,少有7级以上的地震发生,却有不少5~6级左右的中强地震。研究此类中强地震发生的地震地质标志很有必要。对此,经初步分析认为:1)中国东部大多数中强地震发生在早第四纪(早、中更新世)活动断裂带附近;2)中国东部大多数5~6级中强地震都与第四纪断陷盆地的发育、分布有关;3)具有明显第四纪活动的构造地貌特征的地区,如线性断层地貌或地貌面的线性分布区具备孕发中强地震的可能性;4)有历史记载以来4~5级地震活动带的空区或缺震地区,也存在发育5~6级地震的可能性  相似文献   

基于EMD的中国大陆强震活动特征分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

李志雄  朱航  刘杰  曾钢平  丘学林 《地震》2007,27(3):57-62

利用EMD方法对中国大陆年度最大地震时间序列进行逐级分解, 得到5个本征模态函数(IMF)项和1个趋势项, 分析了各个IMF分量不同的周期成分同地球自转速度变化、 太阳黑子活动和潮汐运动等环境因子之间的相关关系, 初步探讨了各个IMF分量的物理机理及其对中国大陆地震活动的影响。  相似文献   

2012和2013年广东新丰江锡场2次M_S4.8地震发震构造的确定^*     

邵叶  刘特培  刘吉平 《地震》2016,36(2):132-140

利用广东新丰江锡场2012和2013年2次M_S4.8地震震中附近的2009年1月至2015年6月精定位小震资料,依据小震丛集发生在大震断层面及附近的原则,采用模拟退火算法和高斯-牛顿算法相结合的方法,反演得到了锡场附近2条相交断层的详细参数及地理分布。NEE向断层F1的走向为78.5°,倾角为87.7°,长度约8.2km,以右旋走滑错动为主;NW向断层F2的走向为137.3°,倾角为87.9°,长度约5.9km,以左旋走滑错动为主。用断层附近M_L3以上地震的震源机制解证明反演结果是可靠的,并由2次4.8级地震的震源机制解判断出各自的发震断层。  相似文献   

Asthenospheric Viscosity and Stress Diffusion: A Mechanism to Explain Correlated Earthquakes and Surface Deformations In Ne Japan   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

P. A. Rydelek  I. S. Sacks 《Geophysical Journal International》1990,100(1):39-58

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