Advances in research on earthquake fluids hydrogeology in China: a review

Monitoring of subsurface fluid (underground fluid) is an important part of efforts for earthquake prediction in China. The nationwide network, which monitors groundwater level, water temperature, and radon and mercury in groundwater, has been constructed in the last decades. Large amounts of abnormal fluid changes before and after major earthquakes have been recorded, providing precious data for research in earthquake sciences. Many studies have been done in earthquake fluid hydrogeology in order to probe the nature of the earthquake. Much progress in earthquake fluid hydrogeology has been made in the last decades. The paper provides a review of the advances in research on earthquake fluid hydrogeology over the last 40 years in China. It deals with the following five aspects: (1) an introduction to the development history of monitoring networks construction; (2) cases of different subsurface fluid changes recorded before some major earthquakes which occurred in the last decades; (3) characteristics of subsurface fluid changes following major earthquakes; (4) mechanism of subsurface fluid changes before and following earthquakes; (5) application of earthquake fluids in the hydrogeology field.     

汶川8．0级地震前兆异常对比研究

The contrast research results show that the number of items and stations with imminent, short and medium term precursor anomalies for the Wenchuan M_S 8. 0 earthquake is less than that of the Menglian earthquake. The number of anomalies and stations associated with the Wenchuan earthquake increased in the early stage of the short-term range,as opposed to the later period for the Menglian and Lijiang earthquakes. Most of the medium term anomalies occurred two to three years before the Wenchuan earthquake,when the number of anomaly stations and items was eleven,and a great change appeared in the observation values in about half of the stations ( items ) . However,for the Menglian earthquake,medium term anomalies happened one to two years before the earthquake, the number of abnormal stations and items reached 20,and a sharp change appeared in the observation values six months to one year before the earthquake in about 30 percent of the stations or items. In the epicenter and the nearby area,the macroscopic abnormalities started 3 years before the Wenchuan earthquake and lasted intermittently until 1 month before the earthquake. Within 2 percent of the total area of the province,the macroscopic abnormalities accounted for 30 to 50 percent of the total number of anomalies of the Province. For the Xingtai,Tangshan,Haicheng,Songpan earthquakes,the macroscopic anomalies started two to three months before,or on the very day of the earthquakes. The common feature of the precursors between the Wenchuan and other strong earthquakes is the appearance of tremendous changes in a certain number of observation values of anomalies in the mid and short terms before all these earthquakes.     

玉门、民乐等地震前跨断层形变异常及与定点前兆观测的相互印证

2002年甘肃玉门5.9级、2003年民乐6.1、5.8级及岷县5.2级地震前震区周围十几至二、三百公里范围内观测到一定数量、明显的跨断层短水准形变异常,其异常形态以加速、突跳或尖点突跳为主,具中期背景或短期前兆意义,反映震前断裂出现先逆断增强后松弛的变化过程,在转折松弛时段易发生地震.其异常空间分布、出现时间等与定点前兆异常具有较好的相互印证意义.     

静乐井水位前驱波重现性问题探讨

以山西静乐井为研究对象,对井水位前驱波重现性问题进行了探讨。结果表明,相似地震前前驱波起始时间和波动周期在一定范围内具有较强的重现性,其比例可达63.1%;部分相似地震前前驱波的波动形态和幅度也存在一定的相似性,但在研究范围内前驱波各项特征均相似的地震尚未发现,其原因可能与前驱波的成因、传播途径、相似地震的震源区特征等因素有关。     

前兆数据库备份软件开发与应用

根据实际工作中前兆数据库的备份,研究了数字化地震前兆数据库的自动备份方法,解决了日常数据库备份过程中影响数据访问、占用大量备份时间、容易出现备份失败等问题。主要介绍了前兆数据库自动冷备份软件功能设计和实现、开发流程、运行环境。该软件提高了数据库备份效率,方便数据库迁移,工作中该软件运行稳定,保证了备份数据的完整性和一致性。     

福建前兆数据交换与同步问题的探讨

福建前兆台网系统已经运行2年多,期间出现一些数据交换与同步问题,严重影响数据上传的效率。通过简要介绍数据交换与同步的原理,结合同步数据内容所产生的问题进行分析并形成一套解决方法。实践结果表明,维护好QZDATA表空间、应用服务器和管理系统并掌握一定数据库程序设计基础就能够基本满足区域前兆数据库维护工作,保证数据上传的效率。     

The Influencing Factors of Escaped Radon from the Jiayuguan Fault Zone and Its Earthquake Reflecting Effect

The paper analyzes the radon data of nearly two decades on the Jiayuguan fault zone,discusses the main influencing factors,and puts forward the relationship between radon and air temperature,ground temperature and rainfall.We summarized the earthquake reflecting effect for ML≥5.0 about 400km within the Jiayuguan station,and reached the conclusion that it has better earthquake-reflecting ability before an earthquake,usually appearing as abnormal changes in sustained low value.By extracting the annual trend of radon in Jiayuguan station over many years,we discovered that the annual trend of radon has a close relationship with the seismic activity in surrounding areas,namely,if the annual variation of radon is larger,the seismic activity in surrounding areas is stronger;Otherwise,if the annual variation of radon is relatively stable,the seismic activity in the vicinity is weak.     

前兆波及其地震预测意义

通过回顾自20世纪60年代以来地震前兆波的研究与地震预测实践的进展情况,分析利用地震前兆波进行地震预测研究所取得的一些有意义的进展及其在科学上面临的困难,分别对前兆波及其定义、前兆波预测大地震事件基本依据、前兆波观测技术概述、前兆波的地震预测意义进行了探讨.文中定义了地震前兆波,以固体均匀弹性中的介质点波动方程和大量震例总结的前兆波阶段性特征,说明利用地震前兆波预测大地震事件具有坚实的理论基础和实践依据.文中阐述了前兆波观测技术的发展要求,并提出了改变目前的被动观测状况、对观测目标区域发生破坏性地震的短期和临震前兆进行主动观测的科学思路;应强化对地震震源区的观测,利用前兆波携带的信息研究震源及其附近地区的介质参数变化,对实现短临地震预测是有意义的.     

广东地震台站前兆观测系统防雷综合方法

雷击是地震前兆观测系统的主要危害,根据“九五”、“十五”期间在建设地震前兆观测系统时的防雷实践,介绍了有关防雷的综合方法,该方法在原有防雷方法的基础上进行了某些创新,实践表明,该综合方法对雷击尤其是感应雷起到了良好的防护效果。     

ZD8仪地电阻率整点值短临异常研究

高精度的地电阻率测量其观测资料中有否短临地震前兆信息, 为此分析处理了宝坻台ZD8地电仪自1987年5月至2001年3月的地电阻率整点值观测资料, 分别对发生在宝坻台附近的中等地震和华北北部5级以上地震前该项资料的短临前兆变化的对应情况和异常形态特征进行了全面的分析研究, 结果表明该项资料的短临异常指标分别为0. 5%和1. 0%, 其预报效能的R值分别为0. 4和0. 373。