Gravity evolution and earthquake activities of the northeastern edge of Qinghai-Xizang block

Introduction Earthquake is closely tied up with gravity on the basis of crustal deformation and crustaldensity change. With the accumulation of stress around the epicenter, the spatial position ofground point and density crustal medium will change with strain during the seismogenic processof an earthquake. All these factors will bring about the change of gravity field. Since the Xingtaiearthquake in China in 1966, mobile gravity measurements in a large scale and the studies ongravity var…

Gravity evolution and earthquake activities of the northeastern edge of Qinghai-Xizang block

The relationship between temporal-spatial evolution of gravity and earthquake activity during 1992～2001 has beenanalyzed systematically byintegrally adjusting the gravity observation data of the northeastern edge of Qinghai-Xizang (Qingzang) block. The result shows that the gravity observation data of the northeastern edge of Qingzangblock obtained by using the uniform starting datum can completely reflect the precursory gravity informationappearing during the seismogenic process. In the genesis stage of an earthquake, regional gravity anomaly appearsin a large area, resulting in related local gravity anomaly. The dynamic image of gravity field can clearly reflect theorderly evolution and earthquake activity.