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Pattern Characteristics of Foreshock Sequences |
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| Authors: | Y Chen J Liu H Ge |
| Institution: | Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China., CN Center for Analysis and Prediction, China Seismological Bureau, Beijing 100036, China., CN Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Petroleum, Dongying, Shandong 257062, China., CN |
| Abstract: | —Earthquake clusterings in both space and time have various forms, in particular, two typical examples are the foreshock sequences and earthquake swarms. Based on the analysis of 8 foreshock sequences in mainland China during 1966–1996, this study concentrates on the pattern characteristics of foreshock sequences. The following pattern characteristics of foreshock sequences have been found (1) the epicenters of foreshock sequences were densely concentrated in space; (2) the focal mechanisms of foreshocks were similar to that of the main shock. Such consistency of focal mechanisms with main shocks did not exist in aftershock series as well as in several earthquake swarms; (3) we found no case in mainland China during the past thirty years that a main shock is preceded by an earthquake clustering with inconsistent focal mechanisms. Finally, we found 5% of the main shocks in mainland China are preceded by foreshock sequences. |
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