Geomagnetic diurnal-variation anomalies and their relation to strong earthquakes |
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| Authors: | Ding Jian-hai Liu Jie Yu Su-rong and Xiao Wu-jun |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Earthquake Science, China Earthquake Administration, 100036 Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | The diurnal-variation anomalies of the vertical-component in geomagnetic field are mainly the changes of phase and amplitude
before strong earthquakes. On the basis of data recorded by the network of geomagnetic observatories in China for many years,
the anomalous features of appearance time of the minima of diurnal variations (i.e, low-point time) of the geomagnetic vertical components and the variation of their spatial distribution (i.e, phenomena of low-point displacement) have been studied before over 30 strong earthquakes with M
S≥6.6 such as Kunlunshan M
S=8.1 earthquake on November 14, 2001; Bachu-Jashi M
S=6.8 earthquake on February 24, 2003; Xiaojin M
S=6.6 earthquake on September 22, 1989, etc. There are good relations between such rare phenomena of geomagnetic anomalies and the occurrence of earthquakes. It has
been found that most earthquakes occur in the vicinity of the boundary line of sudden change of the low-point displacement
and generally within four days before and after the 27th or 41st day counting from the day of appearance of the anomaly. In
addition, the anomalies of diurnal-variation amplitude near the epicentral area have been also studied before Kunlunshan M
S=8.1 earthquake and Bachu-Jiashi M
S=6.8 earthquake.
Foundation item: National Science Technology Tackle Key Project during the Tenth Five-year Plan (2001BA601B01-05-04) |
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| Keywords: | geomagnetic diurnal-variation anomalies geomagnetic low-point displacement diurnal-variation amplitude strong earthquake |
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