Average slip-rate and recent large earthquake ruptures along the Garzê-Yushu fault

Our field investigation obtains new evidence of the later Quaternary activity and recent large earthquake ruptures of the Garzê-Yushu fault. The average left-lateral slip-rate along the fault is determined to be (12 ± 2) mm/a for the last 50000 years from both offset landforms and ages of the correlative sediments. This result is very close to the estimated average left-lateral slip-rate for the Xianshuihe fault, suggesting that the horizontal movement along the northern boundary of the Sichuan-Yunnan active tectonic block and the northeastern boundary of the Qiangtang active tectonic block has been basically harmonious during the later Quaternary period. Remains of ground ruptures of recent large earthquakes have been discovered along all 3 segments of the fault, of which, the 1896 rupture on the northwestern segment is at least 70 km long, and its corresponding earthquake could be of moment magnitude 7.3. The latest rupture on the middle segment of the fault has a length of about 180 km, and was produced by an unknown-age large earthquake that could have a moment magnitude of about 7.7. Along the southeastern segment of the fault, the latest unknown-age rupture is about 65 km long and has a maximum left-lateral coseismic displacement of 5.3 m, and its corresponding earthquake is estimated to be as large as about 7.3 of moment magnitude. Based on relevant investigation, an inference has been drawn that the later two large earthquakes probably occurred in 1854 and 1866, respectively. These demonstrate that the individual segments of the studied Garzê-Yushu fault are all able to produce large earthquakes.     

Rupture behavior and deformation localization of the Kunlunshan earthquake (<Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis><Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">w</Emphasis></Subscript>7.8) and their tectonic implications

Earthquake surface rupture is the result of transformation from crustal elastic strain accumulation to permanent tectonic deformation. The surface rupture zone produced by the 2001 Kunlunshan earthquake (M _w 7.8) on the Kusaihu segment of the Kunlun fault extends over 426 km. It consists of three relatively independent surface rupture sections: the western strike-slip section, the middle transtensional section and the eastern strike-slip section. Hence this implies that the Kunlunshan earthquake is composed of three earthquake rupturing events, i.e. the M _w =6.8, M _w =6.2 and M _w ⩽=7.8 events, respectively. The M _w =7.8 earthquake, along the eastern section, is the main shock of the Kunlunshan earthquake, further decomposed into four rupturing subevents. Field measurements indicate that the width of a single surface break on different sections ranges from several meters to 15 m, with a maximum value of less than 30 m. The width of the surface rupture zone that consists of en echelon breaks depends on its geometric structures, especially the stepover width of the secondary surface rupture zones in en echelon, displaying a basic feature of deformation localization. Consistency between the Quaternary geologic slip rate, the GPS-monitored strain rate and the localization of the surface ruptures of the 2001 Kunlunshan earthquake may indicate that the tectonic deformation between the Bayan Har block and Qilian-Qaidam block in the northern Tibetan Plateau is characterized by strike-slip faulting along the limited width of the Kunlun fault, while the blocks themselves on both sides of the Kunlun fault are characterized by block motion. The localization of earthquake surface rupture zone is of great significance to determine the width of the fault-surface-rupture hazard zone, along which direct destruction will be caused by co-seismic surface rupturing along a strike-slip fault, that should be considered before the major engineering project, residental buildings and life line construction. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40474037) and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2004CB418401)     

Study on intermediate focus earthquake belt in Hindukush-Pamirs

IntroductionHindukush-Pamirsregion,locatedinthenorthwestemendofthecollisionpadbetweenindianandEurasianPlates,isaworld-knownintermediatCfocusearthquakesregion.Undertheationofindiansub-continentpushingnorthwardswithanannuallyaveragespeedfateof4-6cln/a(M'1978;Su,Lin,1983),aseriesofarcuatefracturezonewhichisprominefittowardnorthareformedintheregion,therearehugestrikeslipfaultsdistributedsymmetricallyinthewestandeastsidesoftheregion,andthegeologicalstructureoftheregioniscomplicated.Becauseofthes…     

浅谈芦山地震

地震序列是对地震现象的回顾性描述,只有在地震序列结束后它才有可能被确切无疑地判定.鉴于龙门山断裂带或地震带的整体性、统一性和系统性,不可否认在其西南段发生的芦山地震是与汶川地震一样的同属于龙门山断裂带的事件.鉴于芦山地震的震源位置、震源机制、震级大小和破裂区覆盖的范围,目前可认为它是汶川地震迄今最大的余震.鉴于地震序列的判定是对地震现象的唯象的描述,有相当的任意性,对芦山地震究竟是"新的主震"还是"汶川余震"的"讨论"实质上是在根据经验判定地震的类型,即使目前看"主震说"提出的4条"论据"明显缺乏说服力,"余震说"比较有说服力,但最后都需要等到地震序列结束之后才有可能"定论".作者认为,相对于需要等到地震序列结束之后才能"定论"、甚而在地震序列结束之后未必能"定论"的芦山地震究竟是"新的主震"还是"汶川余震"问题,应当更为关注芦山地震的发生引出的一些重要的亟待研究的科学问题与防震减灾问题.     

Spatio-temporal rupture process of the 2008 great Wenchuan earthquake

Focal mechanism and dynamic rupture process of the Wenchaun M _s8.0 earthquake in Sichuan province on 12 May 2008 were obtained by inverting long period seismic data from the Global Seismic Network (GSN), and characteristics of the co-seismic displacement field near the fault were quantitatively analyzed based on the inverted results to investigate the mechanism causing disaster. A finite fault model with given focal mechanism and vertical components of the long period P-waves from 21 stations with evenly azimuthal coverage were adopted in the inversion. From the inverted results as well as aftershock distribution, the causative fault of the great Wenchuan earthquake was confirmed to be a fault of strike 225°/dip 39°/rake 120°, indicating that the earthquake was mainly a thrust event with right-lateral strike-slip component. The released scalar seismic moment was estimated to be about 9.4×10²⁰-2.0×10²¹ Nm, yielding moment magnitude of M _w7.9–8.1. The great Wenchuan earthquake occurred on a fault more than 300 km long, and had a complicated rupture process of about 90 s duration time. The slip distribution was highly inhomogeneous with the average slip of about 2.4 m. Four slip-patches broke the ground surface. Two of them were underneath the regions of Wenchuan-Yingxiu and Beichuan, respectively, with the first being around the hypocenter (rupture initiation point), where the largest slip was about 7.3 m, and the second being underneath Beichuan and extending to Pingwu, where the largest slip was about 5.6 m. The other two slip-patches had smaller sizes, one having the maximum slip of 1.8 m and lying underneath the north of Kangding, and the other having the maximum slip of 0.7 m and lying underneath the northeast of Qingchuan. Average and maximum stress drops over the whole fault plane were estimated to be 18 MPa and 53 MPa, respectively. In addition, the co-seismic displacement field near the fault was analyzed. The results indicate that the features of the co-seismic displacement field were coincident with those of the intensity distribution in the meizoseismal area, implying that the large-scale, large-amplitude and surface-broken thrust dislocation should be responsible for the serious disaster in the near fault area. Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2004CB418404-4) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40574025 and 40874026)     

Tunnel effect of fractal fault and transient S-wave velocity rupture (TSVR) of in-plane shear fault

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Detecting co-seismic displacements in glaciated regions: An example from the great November 2002 Denali earthquake using SPOT horizontal offsets

We use SPOT image pairs to determine horizontal offsets associated with the Mw 7.9 November 2002 Denali earthquake in the vicinity of Slate Creek, AK. Field measurements and aerial photographs are used to further characterize the geometry of the surface rupture. Aerial photographs show that shear localization occurs where the rupture trace is linear, and distributed off-fault deformation is common at fault bends and step-overs, or at geologic contacts between rock, glacial sediments, and ice. The displacement field is generated using a sub-pixel cross correlation technique between SPOT images taken before and after the earthquake. We identify the effects of glacier motion in order to isolate the tectonic displacements associated with the Denali earthquake. The resulting horizontal displacement field shows an along-strike variation in dextral shear, with a maximum of approximately 7.5 m in the east near 144° 52′W, which decreases to about 5 m to the west near 145° 45′W. If the November 2002 earthquake represents the long-term behavior of the Denali fault, it implies a westward decrease in the long-term dextral slip rate. A possible mechanism to accommodate the westward decreasing slip on the Denali fault is to transfer fault slip to adjacent east-trending contractional structures in the western region of the central Alaskan Range.     

2008年汶川MS8.0地震和2013 年芦山MS7.0地震震源特征比较分析

2013年4月20日四川芦山发生了MS7.0地震,芦山地震震中距离2008年5月12日汶川MS8.0地震震中约85km,距离其余震密集分布区约60km。汶川地震和芦山地震均发生在龙门山断裂带上,震源机制均以逆冲为主,针对二者震源特征的比较分析,对解释龙门山地区强震特征意义显著。本文基于地震波辐射能及视应力与应力降的关系,对比讨论汶川地震和芦山地震的动态破裂过程,初步研究结果显示,汶川地震属于应力上调模式,而芦山地震则属于应力下调模式,通常应力上调模式的震后能量释放较为充分,应力下调模式则对应震后能量释放相对不够充分,余震空间分布相对集中。     

中国大陆共轭破裂强震

依据地震破裂、地震形变带、前震和余震分布,对中国大陆共轭破裂强震进行了初步研究。结果表明,强震共轭破裂现象较普遍,据资料至少有12个单强震、7个双主震和2个主震——强余震为共轭破裂强震。其共轭破裂特征在地震形变带展布、烈度等震线形态、前震和余震分布等方面表现明显。另外,共轭破裂强震具有共轭破裂面方位之一多为北北西向、双主震之间和主——强余震之间相隔时间为“7”和“9”的节律这2个主要的共同点。     

1850年西昌地震地表破裂带的考察研究

根据实地考察研究结果，1850年西昌地震地表形变带全长约90km。现存的地表破裂形迹有地震断层、地震裂缝、地震沟槽、地堑、地震陷坑、冲沟及山脊位错、崩塌滑坡等。最大左旋水平位错5．7m，垂直位错3．8m，形变带严格沿则木河断裂展布。该次地震的发震构造应为则木河断裂，震级M≥7.5级。     

2010年2月27日智利地震破裂过程快速反演

运用地震破裂过程快速反演方法,在2010年2月27日智利地震发生后,采用全球地震台网(GSN)的宽频带地震资料,反演了这次地震的破裂过程,在震后约3.5小时得到了这次地震破裂过程的反演结果.结果表明,这次智利地震的破裂过程具有如下基本特征:①矩震级为MW8.6;②地震破裂持续时间约为150s;③包括4个滑动量集中分布区域,最大滑动量约为8m,最大滑动速率约为0.8m/s;④这次地震总体上是一次不对称的双侧破裂事件,破裂从破裂起始点(震源)开始,同时向南北两个方向扩展,但以向北扩展的破裂为主.     

张北地震前小震活动和余震序列精确定位及主震破裂方向的讨论

1970年至1998年1月10日张北地震前,沿NWW向发生2级以上地震24次,其分布相对集中,呈条带状。对华北台网所记上述地震的到时数据全部重新查图核对,并补充了内蒙古台网5个台的数据以改善用于定位的台站分布,并采用主地震定位法重新定位,除一个地震外,其余地震更加集中,形成一小震条带。1998年2月中国地震局地球物理勘探中心在张北震区架设10台短周期数字化地震仪,记录了大量微震。作者采用P波和S波到时差重新进行了震源定位,得到184次微震的定位结果,连同1998年1～2月张北震区3级以上地震事件定位结果一起勾画出6．2级地震的震源破裂带。由张北地震震中向SEE向延伸存在由强震构成的张家口渤海地震带。根据精确定位结果,结合修订后主震的震源机制、宏观烈度分布和层析成像资料,讨论了张北地震和小尺度地震带(震源破裂带)、震前的中等尺度小震条带以及大尺度的张家口-渤海强震带的关系。     

2015年阿拉善左旗MS5.8地震序列特征及发震破裂面讨论

以2015年阿拉善左旗5.8级地震为研究对象,基于地震活动背景和序列统计分析,利用HypoDD双差定位方法对地震序列进行重新定位,考察余震在空间上的展布特征,并结合震中区烈度、震源机制解和重新定位结果对5.8级地震的发震破裂面进行判定。结果表明,阿拉善左旗5.8级地震为主余型,重新定位后的震中位置为39.78°N（±0.72 km）、106.34°E（±0.76 km）,震源深度13.2 km（±1.15 km）;序列优势分布方向分别为近SN向和NEE向,分别延伸18 km和16 km;剖面的震源深度分布显示序列整体东倾,即震源深度由西向东逐步加深。综合区域应力场背景特征、历史地震破裂特征、主震震源机制解和序列重新定位等多方面资料判定认为,本次阿拉善左旗5.8级地震的破裂面应为近南北走向的断层面。     

2009年3月19日汤加地震破裂过程快速反演/

2009年3月19日汤加MS7.9地震发生后,我们迅速利用地震破裂过程快速反演技术反演了全球地震台网(GSN)的宽频带波形资料,获得了这次地震的破裂过程．随后,收集了更多的资料重新进行了反演,反演结果的主要特征与快速反演结果基本一致．这次地震的震级为MW7.8,破裂持续时间约为70s,断层面上主要有3个滑动量较大的区域．      

反投影全球子台网P波记录研究2010年4月14日玉树地震破裂过程

我们运用反投影远震P波研究了2010年4月14日玉树地震的破裂过程.通过台站响应函数对从IRIS下载的经过波形筛选的206个震中距在30°～95°间的台站进行选取.29个能够得到最好台站响应函数且波形相似度高的台站的记录被用于最终的反投影研究.在研究中我们运用4阶方根叠加法和2 s窗长、1 s滑动的滑动窗对总时长为10...     

蒙古阿尔泰东缘新发现的地震地表破裂带

阿尔泰构造带的活动断裂主要为NW—NNW向。按构造位置可分为阿尔泰西缘活动断裂带、阿尔泰中央活动断裂带和阿尔泰东缘活动断裂带。阿尔泰东缘活动构造带由科布多(Hovd)活动断裂带、哈尔乌苏湖(Har Us)活动断裂带2条大型右旋走滑活动断裂和中间的挤压盆地带构成。在2条走滑断裂带上,前人发现多处地震地表破裂带。通过对阿尔泰东缘构造带中南段地区的野外调查,在哈尔乌苏湖断裂带中段的Jargalant断裂、科布多断裂带南段的Tugen gol断裂上新发现地震地表破裂带。其中,沿Jargalant断裂地震地表破裂带长约50km,右旋位错量约4~5m,是一次规模大、活动较新的破裂事件。可见,在阿尔泰东缘活动断裂带的不同断裂段上均有保存较好的地震地表破裂,显示阿尔泰东缘是活动强烈的地震构造带     

1833年云南嵩明8级大地震地表破裂带的考查研究

根据实地考查研究，１８３３年嵩明８级大地震的地表破裂带，全长约１３０公里，破裂带贯通了小江西支断裂的６条次级断裂的及５个断裂阶部，地震的地表破裂中心在南冲，陆良山一带。     

覆盖土层场地地震断裂反应分析方法

基于有限元和拟静力的根本原理，提出了一种基于断层位错的覆盖土层场地地震断裂反应弹塑性有限元分析方法，计算中考虑了土层厚度、断层种类和倾角、软弱夹层以及土的非线性等因素，通过编制的程序计算了地表断裂位移，模拟了土层的破裂过程。     

紫坪铺水库与汶川地震关系的讨论

利用紫坪铺水库专用地震台站和加密地震台站资料,使用双差法完成了震前930次地震、汶川8级主震和5, 789次余震的重新定位,探讨了紫坪铺水库与汶川地震之间的关系,获得了有利于证明它们之间密切关联的事实: 1)紫坪铺水库2005年蓄水之后出现了水磨、深溪沟和都江堰震群,地震应变能释放增加了200%,与库水位变化密切相关,在汶川地震前呈现出加速释放的现象; 2)野外调查表明存在1条贯穿紫坪铺水库库区、走向NE的同震地表破裂带,与中滩铺断层位置一致; 3)余震分布以中滩铺断层为界,西北上盘多,东南下盘少; 4)利用P波初始到时重新确定出的汶川主震发震时刻为27分59.5秒,初始破裂深度在6～9km左右,直接位于水磨震群之下; 5)汶川主震与发生在2008年4月5日水磨震群中的1次小震的各个台站到时差相同。