Accurate relocation of earthquakes in central-western China using the double-difference earthquake location algorithm

The double-difference earthquake relocation algorithm (DD algorithm) has been applied to the accurate relocation of 10057 earthquakes in the central-western China (21°-36°N, 98°-112E°) during the period of 1992-1999. In total, 79706 readings for P waves and 72169 readings for S waves were used in the relocation, and the source parameters of 6496 events were obtained. The relocation results revealed a more complete picture of the hypocentral distribution in the central-western China. In several seismic belts the relocated epicenters present a more defined lineation feature, reflecting the close correlation between the seismicity and the active tectonic structures. The relocated focal depths confirmed that most earthquakes (91 percent of the 6496 relocated events) in the central-western China were located at shallower depths not deeper than 20 km. The distribution of focal depths indicates that the seismogenic layer in the central-western China is located in the upper-mid crust with its thickness no deeper than 20 km.     

Double-difference relocation of earthquakes in central-western China, 1992–1999

The double-difference earthquake location algorithm was applied to the relocation of 10,057 earthquakes that occurred in central-western China (21^∘N to 36^∘N, 98^∘E to 111^∘E) during the period from 1992 to 1999. In total, 79,706 readings for P waves and 72,169 readings for S waves were used in the relocation. The relocated seismicity (6,496 earthquakes) images fault structures at seismogenic depths that are in close correlation with the tectonic structure of major fault systems expressed at the surface. The new focal depths confirm that most earthquakes (91%) in this region occur at depths less than 20 km.     

Earthquake relocation and 3-dimensional crustal structure of P-wave velocity in cen-tral-western China

IntroductionUnderstandingthemechanismofcontinentalearthquakesisveryimportantforseismichaz-ardpreventionandearthquakeprediction.Themodernseismotectonictheoryandtheideaofearthquakepredictionaredevelopedmainlyfromthestudiesoninterplateearthquakes,whicharedifficulttoexplainthephenomenaofintraplateearthquakes,suchasthecontinentalearthquakesoccurredinChinesemainland.Whiletheinterplateearthquakesoccurredalongtheplatebounda-ries,theintraplateearthquakesdistributediffuselyintheinterioroftheplates.Thus…     

青海大柴旦地方震波形特征分析

利用双差定位法对2009—2015年大柴旦M 0.5以上地震重新进行精确定位,并绘制区域地震震源深度频数直方图。根据地震精定位结果,选取地震波形记录较好的事件进行特征分析。结果发现,重新定位后,大柴旦地区约65%的地震震源深度分布在6—10 km,震源深度较浅,地震波列衰减快,经过滤波,在直达波后观测到新的震相,初步推测为康拉德界面反射波。     

Relocation of the 1998 Zhangbei-Shangyi earthquake sequence using the double difference earthquake location algorithm

Introduction On January 10, 1998, at 11h50min Beijing Time (03h50min UTC), an earthquake of ML=6.2 occurred in the border region between the Zhangbei County and Shangyi County of Hebei Province. In total 87 events with ML3.0 were recorded by Beijing Telemetry Seismic Network (BTSN) before March of 1999. Before relocation the preliminary hypocenters determined by BTSN showed an epicentral distribution of 25 km long and 25 km wide without any predominate orientation. The epicentral a…     

Relocation of microearthquakes in Beijing and its northwest neighbouring area

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Relocation of the M 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake and its aftershock sequence

We relocated M8.0 Wenchuan earthquake and 2706 aftershocks with M⩾2.0 using double-difference algorithm and obtained relocations of 2553 events. To reduce the influence of lateral variation in crustal and upper mantle velocity structure, we used different velocity models for the east and west side of Longmenshan fault zone. In the relocation process, we added seismic data from portable seismic stations close to the shocks to constrain focal depths. The precisions in E-W, N-S, and U-D directions after relocation are 0.6, 0.7, and 2.5 km respectively. The relocation results show that the aftershock epi-centers of Wenchuan earthquake were distributed in NE-SW direction, with a total length of about 330 km. The aftershocks were concentrated on the west side of the central fault of Longmenshan fault zone, excluding those on the north of Qingchuan, which obviously deviated from the surface fault and passed through Pingwu-Qingchuan fault in the north. The dominant focal depths of the aftershocks are between 5 and 20 km, the average depth is 13.3 km, and the depth of the relocated main shock is 16.0 km. The depth profile reveals that focal depth distribution in some of the areas is characterized by high-angle westward dipping. The rupture mode of the main shock features reverse faulting in the south, with a large strike-slip component in the north. Supported by the Basic Research Project of Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration (Grant No. DQJB08Z03)     

2022年1月8日青海门源M6.9地震余震精确定位与断层面拟合

利用青海和周边87个地震台站于2022年1月8—13日记录的青海门源M6.9地震主震及680次余震资料,经双差地震定位重新进行震源位置的修定,获得633个地震重新定位后的震源信息。结果显示,此次地震的余震分布明显以昌马—俄博断裂南末梢端为界分为东、西两段,西段呈近EW向沿托勒山断裂东段分布,东段呈NWW向沿冷龙岭断裂西段分布。重新定位前余震初始震源深度集中分布在5~15 km,重新定位后变化为在0~20 km深度范围内偏正态分布。根据重新定位后余震分布特点并参考地表破裂带的展布,依据成丛地震发生在断层附近的原则,选取2个矩形区域,基于这2个区域内重新定位后的震源信息,利用模拟退火与高斯\|牛顿相结合的算法进行断层面拟合计算,完整地获得每一个拟合区域的断层面参数。结果表明托勒山断裂东段断层面与冷龙岭断裂西段断层面分别为长约15 km总体走向为近EW向的高倾角左旋走滑断裂与长约12 km总体走向为NWW向的高倾角大型左旋走滑断裂。此次青海门源地震可能是上述两断层面末端相互挤压共同破裂形成的。     

用双差定位结果分析华北地区的地震活动

华北地区北部是阴山—燕山隆起区、 华北平原和太行山隆起的交界处, 区域内地震活跃, 北部有张家口—渤海地震活动带(张渤带), 西邻山西地震活动带。 本研究采用双差定位法对华北地区2006—2009年发生的地震进行重新定位, 结果显示, 近年来华北地区的地震主要集中在北部的张渤带上, 总体呈WNW向分布。 震源深度主要集中在0~20 km的中上地壳, 占地震总数的96.3%, 有大约57.5%的地震分布在10 km以上的地壳内。 张渤带东部的唐山地区是该地震带上地震最密集的地区, 地震分布与区域内的断层有密切关系。 华北平原中南部的邢台地区也是地震相对较密集的区域, 定位结果显示, 邢台地区的新河断裂可能深达Moho面, 在该断裂的下方可能存在速度异常体, 把邢台地区西南部的地震活动从空间上隔离成上下两部分。 沿新河断裂的地震分布出现异常, 在深度10 km处, 地震分布由北东向西南逐渐与上部的地震分离, 震源深度逐渐加深, 最深可达30 km左右。     

宽频带海底地震仪的地震重定位对马尼拉俯冲板片形态的约束

将宽频带OBS用于海底天然地震长期观测,在国内尚处于实验阶段.2015年在马尼拉俯冲带北段开展了为期6个月的宽频带海底天然地震观测试验.根据回收的1台海底地震仪(OBS04)与国际地震台网的718台陆地地震台站,共记录到7562个P波走时和5002个S波走时数据,利用Hyposat地震定位方法,对马尼拉俯冲带北部(119°E—123°E,19°N—22°N)在2015年8月至2016年2月期间的264个地震进行了重定位.地震重定位的结果及定位误差分析表明,在海域布设的OBS04台站让地震观测的空间分布更为合理,提高了地震定位精度;重定位后的震中分布更为集中,与地质构造吻合良好;浅部的地震活动较为活跃,分布密集,与浅部断层发育有关;重定位后的4条震源深度投影剖面,从不同角度较好地约束了俯冲板片上边界的板片形态,板片倾角在浅部0～30km区间约为10°～22°,随着深度的增加,俯冲板片逐渐变陡,在深度120～180km处倾角约为41°～58°.该项研究为马尼拉俯冲带北段的板片形态提供了重要约束,而且为今后长期天然地震观测提供了重要而宝贵的经验与借鉴.     

2014年新疆于田MS7.3级地震序列重定位

2014年新疆于田发生MS7.3地震,这一地区6年来连续发生2次强烈地震,震中相距不到110km.由于初始定位误差较大,于田地震的发震断层仍不清楚.本研究的主要目标是利用地震精定位方法对于田地震序列及其背景地震活动进行重新定位,确定于田地震的发震断层.本研究使用双差定位方法对于田地震序列进行重新定位.这一方法假设两个地震的震源距小于事件到台站的距离,两个事件到同一台站的走时差主要归因于其空间位置的偏移,因此可消除由于速度模型不准确引起的定位误差.重定位后得到了435个地震的位置参数.结果表明,2014年于田MS7.3级地震发生在阿尔金断裂带的西端,余震分布的优势方向为北东向,展布长度约33km,震源深度主要集中在4~12km,多数余震位于主震的西南侧.NS,EW和UD方向的定位误差分别为0.5km,1.1km和1.7km.于田地震余震序列总体衰减较慢.根据余震分布特征和震源机制解,认为此次地震的断层面为北东向的节面,阿尔金断裂的西南延伸分支断层是这次地震的主要发震构造.于田地震的发生与巴颜喀拉块体的东南向运动有关.     

辽阳灯塔M_S5.1地震震源深度分析

对不同震中距台站的记录采用入射角法、s PL-Pg等震相到时差,对辽宁地震台网记录采用单纯形法研究了辽阳灯塔5.1级地震的震源深度。结果表明,该地震震源深度应为14km,略大于目录给出的10km。利用四川松潘台、青海湟源台的远台记录也得到同样的结果。通过对辽宁1970年以来5.0级以上地震进行分析发现,辽宁地震的震源分布存在东西两侧偏深、中部偏浅、中部地区南浅北深的统计规律,灯塔地震震源深度符合该统计规律。     

位于构造活跃区的小湾水库地震活动特征——基于地震精定位的分析

针对我国在西南构造活跃区修建的水库蓄水与地震活动的关系,本文对蓄水已长达7年并在高水位运维多个周期的云南小湾水库,采用结合波形互相关技术的双差地震定位法对水库库区及周边地区2005年7月至2014年12月发生的M≥1.0级地震进行了精定位处理,结果显示出明显的地震成丛活动特征,库区内外的地震震源深度差别较大.对地震震源深度、地震活动与水库蓄水水位及b值分析结果表明:小湾水库蓄水后地震活动明显增多,有水库触发地震发生,触发地震主要分布在沿黑惠江(A)和澜沧江流域(B、C)的3组地震丛中,且3个区的触发地震类型均为快速响应型;在水库蓄水响应活动最明显的地震丛集区A,展现出明显的随水库蓄水水体渗透发生地震"迁移"活动的现象;但库区内也存在着与蓄水关系不大的可能属于正常构造地震的活动,而库区外的地震活动与水库蓄水没有什么相关性,很可能是属于正常的构造地震.综合断层展布、岩性分布及震源深度分析,认为水库蓄水引起的溶岩作用和渗透作用及断层活动可能是小湾水库触发地震的主控因素.     

用CAP方法反演2010年6月5日山西阳曲M_S4.6地震震源机制解

利用CAP方法反演了2010年6月5日阳曲MS4.6地震震源机制解,得到震级MW为4.5,节面I走向213°、倾角47°、滑动角-161°,节面II走向109°,倾角76°,滑动角-44°,属于倾滑型;精确定位显示震中处于石岭关隆起区,CAP反演和精定位结果推断本次地震的震源深度为17～20km。震源机制解节面参数与震中附近的山根底断裂和系舟山西麓断裂产状存在差异,这两条断裂不是阳曲地震的发震断裂,由于现场野外地质考察未发现地表断裂,不排除本次地震为隐伏断层活动的结果。     

瀑布沟水库区域小震重新定位与地震性质研究

利用双差定位法对瀑布沟水库及邻区1 834次小震进行了重新定位,并对距水库水域最近的2个小震集中区的地震性质进行了分析。重新定位后得到1 708次小震结果,定位残差由原来的0.93s降为0.21s,水平向估算误差平均为0.6km,垂直向估算误差平均为2.9km; 平面空间分布显示,重新定位地震主要分布在研究区的西南(A区)、库中区(C区)和水库大坝附近(D区); A区小震密集与其处于鲜水河断裂中南段、安宁河北段和大凉山断裂北段交会区的特殊地理位置有关。C,D区高度集中分布的小震与水库蓄水无关,属于各种建设施工造成的爆破地震。     

盖州青石岭地震序列发震构造初探

利用双差定位方法对盖州青石岭震群2012年2月至2015年8月的地震活动进行了重新定位,并使用CAP方法和P波初动法计算了M_L≥4.0地震的震源机制解,之后结合盖州地区的地震地质资料,分析了青石岭震群的发震构造.结果表明:青石岭震群在平面上呈NW向分布,地震活动主要分布在6 km×3 km的矩形范围内,震源深度为7—10 km;较大地震的震源机制解的走向与精定位后地震的优势分布方向一致;综合分析双差定位结果、震源机制解和发震区的地震地质等资料,初步认为九寨—盖县北段西北侧存在NW向次级铲式正断层,青石岭震群即为该断层在区域应力场作用下不断地左旋走滑-拉张错动造成的.      

廊固凹陷深部剪切破裂构造的地震学证据

基于区域地震台网观测数据,采用近震波形反演方法,确定2018年2月12日河北永清M4.3地震的最佳双力偶源震源机制解为:节面Ⅰ走向297°,倾角58°,滑动角-32°;节面Ⅱ走向45°,倾角63°,滑动角-144°;是一个略带正断分量的右旋走滑地震.结合近震转换波测定主震的震源深度在19km附近.地震序列的双差定位结果显示:永清地震序列震中呈北东向窄带展布,表明此次地震主要向北东向破裂;深度集中分布在17～19km,整体形态近于铅直,显示发震断裂具有走向北东、倾向南东、倾角陡立的特征,与节面Ⅱ的性质比较吻合,推测节面Ⅱ为发震断层面.将发震断层面参数与震源区附近断裂性质进行对比分析,形成了关于廊固凹陷附近区域地震构造的一些认识:(1)推测永清地震的发震构造不是地壳浅部发育的先存正断裂,而是震源区下方一条地壳尺度的深断裂,该深断裂为新生断裂,具有右旋走滑正断性质,倾角陡峭、近于直立、宽度较大,向上与夏垫断裂相通.(2)综合震源区附近多条深地震反射剖面探测结果,推测永清地震的发震断裂与新夏垫断裂同属一条断裂,称为:新夏垫深断裂.该断裂从夏垫向西南方向延伸至文安,并可能与霸县—束鹿—邯郸断裂带相联系,总长度超过150km.(3)基于2006年文安M5.1地震与2018年永清M4.3地震在震源机制上的相似性及震源位置上的关联性,结合区域构造条件,认为两次地震的发震构造均为新夏垫深断裂.(4)根据研究区几次显著地震的震源深度分布特征,参考区域断层构造、电性结构和流变学模型,推测活化克拉通块体新生断裂的脆韧性转换界面深度在15km附近.     

山西地震带中小震精确位置及其显示的山西地震构造特征

利用山西1981-2001年模拟观测台网和2002-2008年间数字地震台网的震相数据,采用绝对定位方法和双差相对地震定位方法对山西及其周边地区中小地震进行了精确重新定位.结果表明: (1) 重新精确定位后,震中水平误差≤5 km的地震由原来65.8%提高到86.2%;7498次原始无震源深度的地震取得了深度结果.(2)精确定位后震中分布格局与原始结果相比变化不大,绝大多数地震集中在中部断陷盆地带内,两侧隆起区则相对较少,与山西地质构造的区域性和成带性相吻合;震源深度北浅南深,存在由北向南逐渐加深的特点. (3)重定位结果可以大致勾勒出各构造盆地发震层下界,较清晰地分辨出断陷盆地、盆间隆起的位置.(4)地震深度分布与盆山构造形态有较好的相关性.     

Fault plane parameters of Sanhe-Pinggu M8 earthquake in 1679 determined using present-day small earthquakes

The great Sanhe-Pinggu M8 earthquake occurred in 1679 was the largest surface rupture event recorded in history in the northern part of North China plain. This study determines the fault geometry of this earthquake by inverting seismological data of present-day moderate-small earthquakes in the focal area. We relocated those earthquakes with the double-difference method. Based on the assumption that clustered small earthquakes often occur in the vicinity of fault plane of large earthquake, and referring to the morphology of the long axis of the isoseismal line obtained by the predecessors, we selected a strip-shaped zone from the relocated earthquake catalog in the period from 1980 to 2009 to invert fault plane parameters of this earthquake. The inversion results are as follows: the strike is 38.23°, the dip angle is 82.54°, the slip angle is -156.08°, the fault length is about 80 km, the lower-boundary depth is about 23 km and the buried depth of upper boundary is about 3 km. This shows that the seismogenic fault is a NNE-trending normal dip-slip fault, southeast wall downward and northwest wall uplift, with the right-lateral strike-slip component. Moreover, the surface rupture zone, intensity distribution of the earthquake and seismic-wave velocity profile in the focal area all verified our study result.     

Earthquake relocation in the Central Alborz region of Iran using a non-linear probabilistic method

In this study, we calculate accurate absolute locations for nearly 3,000 shallow earthquakes (≤20 km depth) that occurred from 1996 to 2010 in the Central Alborz region of northern Iran using a non-linear probabilistic relocation algorithm on a local scale. We aim to produce a consistent dataset with a realistic assessment of location errors using probabilistic hypocenter probability density functions. Our results indicate significant improvement in hypocenter locations and far less scattering than in the routine earthquake catalog. According to our results, 816 earthquakes have horizontal uncertainties in the 0.5–3.0 km range, and 981 earthquakes are relocated with focal-depth errors less than 3.0 km, even with a suboptimal network geometry. Earthquake relocated are tightly clustered in the eastern Tehran region and are mainly associated with active faults in the study area (the Mosha and Garmsar faults). Strong historical earthquakes have occurred along the Mosha and Garmsar faults, and the relocated earthquakes along these faults show clear north-dipping structures and align along east–west lineations, consistent with the predominant trend of faults within the study region. After event relocation, all seismicity lies in the upper 20 km of the crust, and no deep seismicity (>20 km depth) has been observed. In many circumstances, the seismicity at depth does not correlate with surface faulting, suggesting that the faulting at depth does not directly offset overlying sediments.