Tracing Subsurface Fluid Anomalies Before Zhangbei-Shangyi Earthquake and Prediction of the Earthquake

High-value subsurface fluid anomalies appeared in the northern part of North China region for more than two years before the Zhangbei-Shangyi earthquake. Some of the anomalies have appeared alternately and were correlated with moderate and moderately strong earthquakes in the region during the last year (1997). Typical short-term subsurface fluid anomalies have appeared in the area at 100 km ~ 200 km distance from the epicenter for two months before an earthquake. Tracing these anomalies during the last two years and repeatedly improving the knowledge of seismic regime, we have more successfully performed short-term and imminent earthquake prediction at half a month before its occurrence.     

云南地区震前地下流体异常特征统计分析

依据 《中国震例》 资料,统计分析了云南地区1966—2006年M_S≥5.0地震的地下流体测项异常,结果表明:超过70%的水位和水温震前异常表现为上升,水氡和水位异常出现时间最早;震级越大相应的流体异常范围就越大;大多数震前流体异常会持续到地震发生,说明流体异常与震前地壳活动有关,并据此得出云南地区地震发生时间及异常检测井至震中距离的经验性边界方程。分类汇总云南地区地下流体测项的异常形态,识别出该地区地下流体异常的5种主要异常形态,即趋势转折类、周期类、突变类、阈值类和综合类,并举例阐明了各种异常形态的特征及其可能的成因。本文研究结果对于认识云南地区流体异常特征以及提升流体异常应用水平具有一定的参考意义。      

中国大陆井水温对汶川8.0级、玉树7.1级、芦山7.0级和岷县6.6级地震响应特征的对比研究

收集和统计了2008年汶川MS8.0地震、2010年玉树MS7.1地震和2013年芦山MS7.0、岷县MS6.6地震引起的中国大陆井水温同震响应现象,分析了其特征。结果显示:这4次地震对中国大陆地下流体影响显著,井水温同震响应特征有很大差异,后三次水温同震响应范围、幅度和持续时间远不及汶川地震,即使震级相差不大的玉树和芦山地震,同震响应的特征也不尽相同。最后探讨了这种现象的成因机理。     

倾斜异常图象分类及其特征浅析

本文搜集与整理了我国几十次大、中强地震,震前、震时的地倾斜异常图象,按其形态大致可分为五类:Ⅰ.震前倾斜记录曲线渐变——回复——发震(多见于远震);Ⅱ.震前倾斜记录曲线突变(阶跃)——发震(多见于近震);Ⅲ.震前倾斜记录曲线扰动或单向脉冲——正常——发震;Ⅳ.震前倾斜潮汐记录曲线畸变——发震;Ⅴ.震前倾斜记录曲线脉动(曲线加粗)——发震,其特征为:1.异常形态呈多样性;2.异常出现在震前几分钟到几十小时;3.异常幅值一般在几毫秒至十分之几角秒(10-8——10-6rad),个别达几角秒(10-5rad);4.异常倾斜方向多半与震中方位有关;5.异常有由远及近、从外到内(震中)的迁移现象。文章作者还结合模拟实验和地震模式,讨论了地震前倾斜异常的有关问题。      

与地震有关的水文及地球化学变化

简要回顾了几十年来对地震发生前、地震过程中和震后地下流体和地球化学变化的研究和成果,这些研究一般都是以探索地震预报可能性为目的的。论述了与地震有关的地下水文及地球化学变化的机理,这些地下流体(包括地下水和气体诸如氢、氧和惰性气体)的起源和迁移流动现象以及详细介绍了早期和近代对有关地震的地下流体和地球化学变化的观测成果。同时指出了对地下流体和地球化学作为地震前兆来观测研究的困难所在以及为了克服这些困难而应该采取的地震前兆观测研究的方向,例如多种手段和多种原理方法,开发有效的地球物理和地球化学模型以及适当的数据分析统计方法等。     

Hydrologic precursors to earthquakes: A review

This review summarizes reports of anomalous flow rates or pressures of groundwater, oil, or gas that have been interpreted as earthquake precursors. Both increases and decreases of pressure and flow rate have been observed, at distances up to several hundred kilometers from the earthquake epicenter, with precursor times ranging from less than one day to more than one year. Although information that might rule out nontectonic causes does not appear in many published accounts of hydrologic anomalies, several recent studies have critically evaluated the possible influences of barometric pressure, rainfall, and groundwater or oil exploitation. Anomalies preceding the 1976 Tangshan, China, and the 1978 Izu-Oshima-Kinkai, Japan, earthquakes are especially well-documented and worthy of further examination.Among hydrologic precursors, pressure head changes in confined subsurface reservoirs are those most amenable to quantitative interpretation in terms of crustal strain. The response of pressure head to earth tides determines coefficients of proportionality between pressure head and crustal strain. The same coefficients of proportionality should govern the fluid pressure response to any crustal strain field in which fluid flow in the reservoir is unimportant. Water level changes in response to independently recorded tectonic events, such as earthquakes and aseismic fault creep, provide evidence that a calibration based on response to earth tides may be applied to crustal strains of tectonic origin.Several models of earthquake generation predict accelerating stable slip on part of the future rupture plane. If precursory slip has moment less than or equal to that of the impending earthquake, then the coseismic volume strain is an upper bound for precursory volume strain. Although crustal strain can be only crudely estimated from most reported pressure head anomalies, the sizes of many anomalies within 150 kilometers of earthquake epicenters appear consistent with this upper bound. In contrast, water level anomalies at greater epicentral distances appear to be larger than this bound by several orders of magnitude.It is clear that water level monitoring can yield information about the earthquake generation process, but progress higes on better documentation of the data.     

Earthquake-related Changes in Groundwater Levels at the Dogo Hot Spring,Japan

The Dogo hot spring, situated in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, is one of the oldest and most famous hot springs in Japan. The groundwater level or discharge at the spring decreased four times during the past eight or nine Nankai earthquakes. These are large interplate earthquakes that have occurred repeatedly in the western part of the Nankai Trough at intervals of 100–200 years since A.D. 684. To clarify the mechanism of these earthquake-related changes in the water level at the spring, we analyzed groundwater-level data recorded at the spring immediately after the 1946 Nankai earthquake and over the period from 1985 to 2006. We detected the other nine postseismic increases in groundwater level and no decreases, except for a large decrease of 11.4 m related to the 1946 Nankai earthquake. The increases were probably caused by ground-shaking, while the decrease was caused by a change in coseismic volumetric strain. These results lead to the following explanation of the recorded earthquake-related changes in the groundwater level at the Dogo hot spring. Both coseismic changes in volumetric strain and ground-shaking can lead to postseismic changes in groundwater pressure. The increase in groundwater pressure arising from ground-shaking is generally greater than the change in pressure associated with changes in coseismic volumetric strain; however, at the time of the Nankai earthquakes, the spring experiences a large increase in coseismic volumetric strain, leading to a considerably larger decrease in the groundwater level than the increase associated with ground-shaking. Therefore, the groundwater level at the Dogo hot spring usually increases at times of relatively large earthquakes, although the groundwater level or discharge decreases in the case of the Nankai earthquakes.     

A discussion on the records of water level ‘precursors’ in Well Shuozhou, Shanxi Province

A lot of slow fluctuations of water level have been observed in the original recording maps of subsurface fluid in Well Shuozhou, Shanxi Province. Some typical recording maps of the “precursors” are introduced in the paper and the features of the “precursors” recorded by the well are analyzed. The results show that 38% strong earthquakes possess this kind of record, which has a fluctuation period arranging from several to tens of minutes and appear mostly two days before the earthquakes. Moreover, the mechanism, transmission and responding conditions of well water level are discussed, as well as the scientific meaning and practical value of the “precursor” of the well water level in earthquake predictions. Foundation item: State Natural Science Foundation of China (19973011).     

中国大陆7级地震活动状态分析

在前人研究中国大陆地震活动的时间非平稳性认识的基础上, 将中国大陆7级以上地震活动状态划分为三类, 分别为少发时段(平静期)、 增多时段、 丛发时段(活跃期), 将这三类时段简称为: Ⅰ类时段、 Ⅱ类时段和Ⅲ类时段。 并利用显著性检验对相应划分结果进行了初步分析, 认为中国大陆可能以Ⅱ类时段为其基本状态, Ⅲ类时段和Ⅰ类时段均是在Ⅱ类时段状态上的上下偏离; 中国大陆自1901年以来的前后50余年的强震活动基本状态并没有发生显著改变, 今后一段时期内的7级以上强震活动可能仍将重复20世纪的活动规律; 1901年以来的百年资料显示, 每一个Ⅲ类时段前都存在一个Ⅱ类时段, 强震活动增强需要一个过程, 没有Ⅰ类时段直接进入Ⅲ类时段的先例; 2008年3月21日新疆于田7.3级地震的发生, 可能意味着中国大陆已进入Ⅱ类时段。     

基于水化学的永清井水温异常分析

在地下流体研究中,判定地下水异常的首要任务是区别地下水是受浅层物质补给的影响还是受深层介质活动的影响。本文通过对永清井及周边多次样品采集与测试,获得水化学组分和氢氧稳定同位素观测数据;通过对地下水样品数据对比分析、水化学组分及氢氧稳定同位素与大气降水线、水温数据分析,认为永清井水温的多次异常变化不是受干扰影响;通过对水温的异常变化与地震的对应关系的分析,认为永清井水温异常可能与3次地震有关。      

中国地震大地测量——半个世纪的历程与科学贡献

自1966年邢台地震以来,中国尝试用大地测量手段监测地震变形,至1976年唐山地震,变形监测到达高潮,但受地面技术局限,20余年可以用于分析震源的震例寥寥。自20世纪90年代初全面进入空间观测时代以来,境内或边邻6级以上强震大多数有相应的近场变形观测和破裂模型研究,这其中又以2001年昆仑山口西、2008年汶川和2015年廓尔喀3次特大地震的变形资料相对完整、破裂特征清晰、理论成果丰富,成为近期大陆内部最引人注目的大震事件。近30年来,对包括中国台湾在内的60余次强震变形的系统研究丰富了人们对区域地震活动性及危险性的认识,也为青藏高原构造演化研究提供了观测依据与理论参考。半个世纪积累的经验、夯实的基础以及未解的难题更为未来的地震大地测量提供了历史借鉴、前进动力和发展方向。     

Geochemical precursors to seismic activity

Studies of earthquake precursory phenomena during the last several decades have found that significant geophysical and geochemical changes can occur prior to intermediate and large earthquakes. Among the more intensely investigated geochemical phenomena have been: (1) changes in the concentrations of dissolved ions and gases in groundwaters and (2) variations in the concentrations of crustal and mantle volatiles in ground gases. The concentration changes have typically showed no conanomalies trend (either increasing or decreasing), and the spatial and temporal distribution of the observed anomalies have been highly variable. As a result, there is little agreement on the physical or chemical processes responsible for the observed anomalies. Mechanisms proposed to account for precursory groundwater anomalies include ultrasonic vibration, pressure sensitive solubility, pore volume collapse, fracture induced increases in reactive surfaces, and aquifer breaching/fluid mixing. Precursory changes in soil gas composition have been suggested to result from pore volume collapse, micro-fracture induced exposure of fresh reactive silicate surfaces, and breaching of buried gas-rich horizons. An analysis of the available field and laboratory data suggests that the aquifer breaching/fluid mixing (AB/FM) model can best account for many of the reported changes in temperature, dissolved ion and dissolved gas concentrations in groundwater. Ultrasonic vibration and pressure sensitive solubility models cannot reasonably account for the geochemical variations observed and, although the pore collapse model could explain some of the observed chemical changes in groundwater and ground gas, uncertainties remain regarding its ability to generate anomalies of the magnitude observed. Other geochemical anomalies, in particular those associated with hydrogen and radon, seem best accounted for by increases in reactive surface areas (IRSA model) that may accompany precursory deformation around the epicenter of an impending earthquake. Analysis of the probable response of these models to the earthquake preparation process, as well as to other environmental factors, suggests that geochemical monitoring programs can provide information that may be valuable in forecasting the probability of an earthquake; however, because of the complexity of the earthquake preparation process, the absolute prediction of seismic events using geochemical methods alone, does not presently appear to be feasible.     

基于《中国震例》的地下流体异常特征统计分析

基于《中国震例》记录的1966年以来的震例, 按异常测项和变化类型分类统计了与地下流体相关的异常数量与震级、 震中距、 持续时间的相关性。 结果显示: 中国大陆M6.5以下地震的地下流体异常数量与震级无相关性, M6.5以上地震异常数量随震级的增大而增多, 二者呈指数关系; 地下流体异常多集中于距震中300 km范围内, 且各测项间无明显区别, 异常数量与震中距之间呈Gamma分布特征; 地下流体异常时空演化主要表现为 “向震中收缩”、 “构造控制”和“相对集中”三种典型特征, 震前异常数量主要表现为“持续增长”型和“先增后减”型两类, 且以“先增后减”型居多。 本文统计得到的地下流体前兆信息特征, 可为今后地震预报实践提供一定参考。     

天津两井水位同震效应分析

从不同的方位对天津地区两口地震观测专用井记录到的国外7级、国内6级以上的地震进行分析。两口井所处的地理位置、地质结构、井深及其含水层岩性不同,对同一地震的表现形式也不尽相同。通过对比分析,得到井水位对地震的响应特点及几点认识：观测井孔一般对远场大震记录比较灵敏,而对近震及地方震反映不灵敏;井孔水位仪记录的水位波幅与震级、震中距有关;井孔同震效应的能力和井孔对固体潮的反映能力不一致。     

中、强震前应力场动态演变特征综合分析

使用由地震记录 P波初至波符号求取的小震综合机制解资料 ,分析研究了华北地区 4次中强地震前震源区及其附近小震应力场的动态变化。结合前人的有关研究成果 ,综合归纳了中、强地震前震源区及附近应力场的动态演变特征 ,并尝试给出了小震综合机制解参数预报地震的判据指标。     

华北强震水化学参量变化的模糊识别及方法评价

利用模糊识别方法对１９６９￣１９９８年发生在华北地区的渤海,海城,唐山３次强震及其强余震以及大同,包头西,张北３次中强震之前,该地区５０多口观测井的水氡和部分井孔的Ｈｅ,Ｈ２,ＣＯ２,Ｈｇ等水化学组分８万多个观测数据进行了全面处理,取得了华北地区强震前水氡,气体和水质组分前兆变化的时空分布特征,并提出了该地区强震和中强地震水化学参量中期和短期的异常指标,最后对模糊识别方法的地震预报效能提出评价。     

Distribution of Seismicity Before the Larger Earthquakes in Italy in the Time Interval 1994–2004

The Region–Time–Length (RTL) algorithm has been applied to different instrumental catalogues to detect seismic quiescence before medium-to-large earthquakes in Italy in the last two decades. RTL performances are sensitive to the choice of spatial and temporal parameters. The method for automatic parameters selection developed by Chen and Wu has been applied to twelve Italian earthquakes with magnitude greater than 5. The limits of the method in constructing maps of seismic quiescence before the earthquake are demonstrated, and a simple improvement is proposed. Then a new technique, namely RTL_surv, is proposed for routine surveys of the Italian seismicity. RTL_surv has been applied to all the earthquakes with magnitude greater than 4 in the Italian area in the time interval 1994–2004; four different sub-areas have been identified, with different characteristics in the level of recorded seismicity. One subarea—Tyrrhenian Sea—was characterized by a too low level of recorded seismicity for the application of the method. In the other three subareas a seismic quiescence was detected before at least the 66% of the earthquakes with magnitude greater or equal to 4 and all the earthquakes with magnitude greater than 5.     

地壳形变与地震前兆探索回顾和展望

本文回顾了我国地震预报中地壳形变观测技术、 数据处理方法和软件及地壳形变前兆观测研究进展。 1966年邢台地震后, 我国地震预报工作经历了难得的成功、 更多惨痛失败和“地震不可预报论”等干扰, 发展曲折。 尽管2008年汶川和2011年东日本大地震预报失败,但这两次和其他大地震前后GPS和其他观测得到的地壳形变表明, 大地震是有前兆的, 是可以预报的。 比较了我国地震预报所采用的主要的地形变观测技术和分析方法, 讨论了观测和数据处理方法的特点, 简要介绍了地壳形变地震前兆新近的研究结果, 重点阐述了GPS观测技术多方面的优势。 事实证明, GPS观测得到的汶川大地震前的形变异常或前兆, 是我国地壳形变观测与地震前兆探索最突出的成果。     

四川石棉公益海温泉水文地球化学特征

利用水文地球化学数据建立温泉水文循环模型, 探讨温泉水文地球化学变化与地震的关系, 对中强地震短临流体异常判断具有重要的意义。 通过对石棉公益海温泉水常量元素、 微量元素和氢氧同位素以及锶同位素的测量, 探讨了该区域水文地球化学时空变化特征。 因此, 于2008年10月至2019年9月, 共对公益海温泉采集水样206个, 并对温泉水中离子组分和浓度, 温泉逸出气组分、 温泉气体同位素、 碳同位素和氢氧同位素含量进行测量。 分析结果表明: ① 公益海温泉主要为Na-HCO₃·Cl型水, δD、 δ¹⁸O同位素测值分别为-14.19‰~-14.83‰和-108.67‰~-110.47‰, 分布于大气降水线附近, 说明温泉水主要源于大气降水; ② 据SiO₂地温计计算热储温度约94.12℃, 循环深度约4.3 km, 表明大气降水入渗地下, 在热源加热后, 沿着断层和裂隙循环到地表, 形成温泉补给; 并且, 锶同位素和微量元素研究发现, ⁸⁷Sr和⁸⁶Sr主要来自硅酸盐类矿物, 微量元素含量较低, 水岩反应程度较弱; ③ 通过对研究区进行长时间连续观测发现, 在公益海周围300 km范围内的3个五级以上的地震使温泉水中常量元素的浓度, 分别出现了震前异常、 同震响应和震后效应。 推测这可能是因为公益海温泉位于公益海断裂和安宁河断裂的交会区, 推测周围的地震会触发公益海温泉水中的离子地球化学特征产生变化。 结合已有地质资料与公益海温泉水文地球化学数据, 建立公益海断裂带温泉水文循环模型, 这些对公益海断裂带周围未来中强地震短临流体异常判断具有重要的意义。     

重庆地震台地倾斜观测资料分析

分析了重庆地震台地倾斜观测资料,结合重庆辖区内10多年来的地震活动,提取地倾斜观测异常,为地震预测提供前兆参考。资料分析认为:对于发生在震中距为80~120km的5.0级以下地震,地倾斜观测地震异常少;5.0级以上的地震,地倾斜观测有异常记录,地震中期异常往往表现为震前几个月倾斜量的较大幅度变化,短期异常多数表现为震前差分值的低值变化(在均值附近变化,幅值较小,持续时间20d左右),部分表现为差分值震前突跳,临震异常主要是震前几天短周期波动变化。