Calibration of the Tibetan Plateau Using Regional Seismic Waveforms

We use the recordings from 51 earthquakes produced by a PASSCAL deployment in Tibet to develop a two-layer crustal model for the region. Starting with their ISC locations, we iteratively fit the P-arrival times to relocate the earthquakes and estimate mantle and crustal seismic parameters. An average crustal P velocity of 6.2–6.3 km/s is obtained for a crustal thickness of 65 km while the P velocity of the uppermost mantle is 8.1 km/s. The upper layer of the model is further fine-tuned by obtaining the best synthetic SH waveform match to an observed waveform for a well-located event. Green's functions from this model are then used to estimate the source parameters for those events using a grid search procedure. Average event relocation relative to the ISC locations, excluding two poorly located earthquakes, is 16 km. All but one earthquake are determined by the waveform inversion to be at depths between 5 and 15 km. This is 15 km shallower, on average, than depths reported by the ISC. The shallow seismicity cut-off depth and low crustal velocities suggest high temperatures in the lower crust. Thrust faulting source mechanisms dominate at the margins of the plateau. Within the plateau, at locations with surface elevations less than 5 km, source mechanisms are a mixture of strike-slip and thrust. Most events occurring in the high plateau where elevations are above 5 km show normal faulting. This indicates that a large portion of the plateau is under EW extension.     

Normal faulting mechanisms in the Western Desert of Egypt

Egypt is recognized as a moderate seismicity region where earthquakes are distributed within several active regions. Owing to sparse distribution of both seismicity and seismic stations, mostly moderate-size Egyptian earthquakes were recorded by regional stations. One of such cases is the moderate-size earthquakes of moment magnitudes greater than 4.0 which struck the Western Desert of Egypt in 1998 and 1999. These events are the first instrumentally recorded earthquakes occurring in the area. In the present study, the source mechanism for these earthquakes was estimated using the waveform data recorded from one of the very broadband MedNet seismograph stations and polarities from the national short-period seismographs. An iterative technique was applied to find the best-fit double-couple mechanism by a grid search over strike, dip and rake. Regional synthetic seismograms were calculated by using f–k integration in the frequency range of 0.03–0.1 Hz. A crustal structure fitted to surface wave dispersion curves was used to compute Green’s function. Focal depths were determined through the grid search method for a range of source depths. Our results show a normal faulting mechanism with minor strike-slip component. The NNW trend has been chosen as a preferred rupture plane in consistence with surface and subsurface faults and microearthquake seismicity in the epicenteral area as well.     

单台sPL震相测定珊溪水库地震震源深度

稀疏台网下的传统走时定位难以确定中小地震的震源深度,而地震波深度震相蕴含着震源深度信息,为确定地震震源深度提供了新的途径。近震深度震相sPL和直达Pg波到时差与震源深度呈线性关系,可用以约束地震震源深度。本文以珊溪水库2014年震群事件为例,利用单台sPL震相测定了地震震源深度。结果表明:震源深度的测定结果与基于水库台网高密度台站下Pg和Sg走时定位Hyposat方法和全波形拟合CAP方法测定的震源深度高度一致,为4—6 km,与区域活动断层探测结果相符。sPL震相的优势震中距为30—50 km,区域台网范围内sPL与Pg的到时差与震源深度的线性关系相对固定,因此利用单台sPL震相即可快速获取可靠的地震震源深度,适用于稀疏台网下的中小地震震源深度的确定,且误差可控制在1—2 km范围内。      

Crustal structure beneath Tien Shan orogenic belt and its adjacent regions from multi-scale seismic data

As one of the world's most active intracontinental mountain belts, Tien Shan has posed questions for researchers regarding the formation of different tectonic units and active shallow seismicity. Here, we used a huge data set comprising of 7094 earthquakes from local, regional and teleseismic seismic stations. We used waveform modeling and multi-scale double-difference earthquake relocation technique to better constrain the source parameters of the earthquakes. The new set of events provided us with better initial earthquake locations for further tomographic investigation. We found that reverse-faulting earthquakes dominate the whole study area while the fault plane solutions for earthquakes beneath the northwestern Tarim Basin and the Main Pamir Thrust are diverse. There is a low-velocity anomaly beneath Bashkaingdy at depth of 80 km, and high-velocity anomalies beneath central Tien Shan at shallower depths. These observations are the keys to understand the mechanism of Tien Shan's formation because of Tarim Basin northward and Kazakh Shield's southward subduction in the south and north respectively. Velocities beneath western Tien Shan are relatively high. We thus infer that the Western Tien Shan is relatively less deformed than the eastern Tien Shan primarily due to a relatively brittle mantle.     

Determinations of focal depths of earthquakes associated with the bending of oceanic plates at trenches

The earthquakes examined in this paper are all within the oceanic lithosphere and are associated with the bending of plates before subduction. Accurate determinations of the depth of these earthquakes are needed to study the stress pattern within a bending plate. Routinely-determined depths of shallow sub-oceanic earthquakes published in bulletins are unreliable. The depths can be accurately determined to within a few kilometers if the original seismograms from these events are studied. In some cases, the reflected phases pP and pwP can be clearly identified. There exists the possibility that the wave reflected at the water-air interface, pwP, may be misidentified as pP, leading to erroneous estimates of depth. Additional methods of analysis, such as surface wave radiation patterns or the apparent frequency-dependence of reflection at the crust-water interface, can remove this possible source of confusion. One of the most powerful techniques for depth analysis is the modelling of long-period waveforms. The pattern of stresses within the bending oceanic lithosphere revealed by the depths and focal mechanisms of these intraplate earthquakes is one of horizontal, deviatoric tension down to a depth of about 25 km, with horizontal compression at greater depths.     

Modelling short-period crustal phases at regional distances for the seismic source parameter inversion

Waveforms of short-period crustal phases observed at regional distances are modelled in an attempt to retrieve the source parameters of small earthquakes. For a simple shield type crustal structure, the synthetic seismograms calculated for elementary source mechanisms show that the waveforms of crustal phases are quite distinct for different source mechanisms, and suggest that these features can be used to constrain the source mechanisms. Waveforms of the crustal phases are also strongly affected even by small variations in the crustal thickness as well as in the focal depth.A generalized, linearized waveform inversion technique is used to invert the regional crustal phases for a deviatoric moment tensor source. The inversion technique is applied to regional short-period records from a small earthquake in central Sweden for determining its source parameters. The waveform inversion, which mainly used Lg waves, produced a satisfactory fit between the observed and synthetic records, suggesting that the source mechanism and focal depth estimates were reasonable. The focal depth of 40 km obtained for the event studied suggests the occurrence of a deep crustal earthquake and demonstrates the usefulness of crustal phases in studying small intraplate earthquakes.     

USGS地震目录中4～5级震源深度异常地震可靠性初步研究:以南北地震带若干地震为例

在南北地震带地区,USGS全球地震目录中存在一些震源深度大于30km的地震.这些地震的震源深度是否可靠,对于研究这一地区的孕震机制、岩石圈强度和构造演化等科学问题具有重要意义.本文以南北地震带2012年发生的5个4~5级地震为例,利用区域地震台网的波形数据,基于sPL深度震相、短周期瑞利面波以及CAP等独立方法测定了其震源深度.结果表明:sPL深度震相和CAP方法给出的震源深度比较一致,差别小于2~3km,能够得到比较可靠的震源深度;短周期瑞利面波及其与P波振幅比也确定了地震震源深度较浅的特征.本文研究结果显示:宁夏会宁4.7级、云南富民4.8级和四川会东4.7级地震的震源深度约为8~12km左右,仍为发生于上地壳的地震,USGS地震目录给出的30km甚至更深的震源深度存在明显偏差;对于四川隆昌4.6和4.9级地震,本文给出的震源深度为1~2km,属于极浅源地震,USGS地震目录给出的10km和35km的震源深度结果尚需进一步改进.     

利用直达P波测定地方震震源深度的探讨

震源深度是地震时空参数中的基本参数,是目前最难测准的参数之一。可以使用直达P波测定震源深度。要确保测定结果的精度,必须加密台网观测点,使台间距的大小与震源深度相当。利用四川省西昌和冕宁大桥水库两个遥测地震台网的直达P波资料,测定发生在其监控区域内137个地震的震源深度。结果发现,该区域地震的平均深度和深度下限存在随震级增大而增加的现象。其中有部分地震的震源深度,利用本研究方法测定的结果与使用遥测地震台网计算机定位程序输出的结果相差较大。作者认为,这部分地震使用计算机定位程序得出的震源深度有较大的误差。     

以和静地震为例分析sPn震相在震源深度测定中的应用

利用新疆台网波形数据,对2012年6月30日新源、和静交界区MS6.6地震以及2012年6月30日和静MS4.2地震波形中sPn震相进行分析。通过sPn震相与Pn震相的到时差,并结合2015年新疆模型和3400走时表模型对两个地震进行震源深度测定。结果表明,采用两个模型得出的震源深度与中国地震台网中心测定深度的误差分别为1.7km与1.5km,2.4km与2.1km,其结果真实可靠。     

利用sPn震相计算石嘴山M_L4.4地震震源深度

利用sPn和Pn震相走时差计算的2014年2月28日石嘴山M_L4.4地震的震源深度为7.21±0.277km;分析不同震源深度下民勤台的理论波形与观测波形拟合结果,得到震源深度为7~8km。研究认为,石嘴山M_L4.4地震属于浅源地震,震源浅和沉积层较厚是此次地震震感较强的主要原因。另外,合理选取地震波形数据和震相识别方法,可有效提高s Pn震相测定震源深度的可靠性。为便于应用,本文还给出了宁夏地区地震震源分别位于上地壳和下地壳时sPn和Pn震相走时差与震源深度的对应关系表。     

南天山西段中小地震辐射能量的单台测定

考虑到新疆地震台网分布不均匀的情况,尝试利用单台的宽频带波形资料进行辐射能量的测定。选用新疆喀什地震台记录的南天山西段中小地震宽频带波形资料,分析地震波形横向分量上的SH波及其后续震相,对每个地震进行辐射花样因子的校正。品质因子Q采用Brune的ω-2衰减模型,用补偿谱的方法试错得到,最后所得结果与新疆地震目录ML震级进行了对比分析,二者具有较好的一致性。     

Characterization of Stress Drops on Asperities Estimated from the Heterogeneous Kinematic Slip Model for Strong Motion Prediction for Inland Crustal Earthquakes in Japan

Dense strong motion observation networks provided us with valuable data for studying strong motion generation from large earthquakes. From kinematic waveform inversion of seismic data, the slip distribution on the fault surface of large earthquakes is known to be spatially heterogeneous. Because heterogeneities in the slip and stress drop distributions control the generation of near-source ground motion, it is important to characterize these heterogeneities for past earthquakes in constructing a source model for reliable prediction of strong ground motion. The stress changes during large earthquakes on the faults recently occurring in Japan are estimated from the detailed slip models obtained by the kinematic waveform inversion. The stress drops on and off asperities are summarized on the basis of the stress change distributions obtained here. In this paper, we define the asperity to be a rectangular area whose slip is 1.5 or more times larger than the average slip over the fault according to the previous study for inland crustal earthquakes. The average static stress drops on the asperities of the earthquakes studied here are in the range 6?C23?MPa, whereas those off the asperities are below 3?MPa. We compiled the stress drop on the asperities together with a data set from previous studies of other inland earthquakes in Japan and elsewhere. The static stress drop on the asperity depends on its depth, and we obtained an empirical relationship between the static stress drop and the asperity??s depth. Moreover, surface-breaking asperities seemed to have smaller stress drops than buried asperities. Simple ground motion simulations using the characterized asperity source models reveal that deep asperities generate larger ground motion than shallow asperities, because of the different stress drops of the asperities. These characteristics can be used for advanced source modeling in strong ground motion prediction for inland crustal earthquakes.     

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。     

江苏东海深井观测地震波形及其信噪比研究

为了探索在高噪声干扰地区获取高信噪比地震信息的有效途径,本文分析了我国第一个超深井地震观测站江苏东海地壳活动国家野外科学观测研究站设置在地面与井下三个不同深度处的地震仪所记录的波形及其信噪比特征。结果显示：由于观测研究站周围强烈的噪声扰动,地面地震仪记录中无法识别M_L0.8地方震波形,而深井地震仪可清晰地记录到该小震波形,且深井地震仪可观测到较地面地震仪更多的零级或负震级地震;井下三组不同深度地震仪所记录波形的信噪比均远高于地面地震仪,且不同深度地震波形信噪比的平均值随仪器深度的增大而增加。井下1 559.5 m处的地震仪的波形平均信噪比为69.20 dB,2 545.5 m处的信噪比达到74.15 dB,均达到高保真波形的信噪比值,这说明1 500 m深处地震仪所观测到的波形可以有效地避免地面干扰,因此深井地震观测能够提供高信噪比的波形资料,为研究震源过程和场地效应等提供真实可靠的基础资料,这也预示着深井观测将促进深井地震学的研究与发展。     

Source parameters of small and moderate earthquakes in the area of the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake sequence (central Italy)

The main goal of this study is to provide moment tensor solutions for small and moderate earthquakes of the 2009 L’Aquila seismic sequence (central Italy). The analysis was performed by using data coming from the permanent Italian seismic network run by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) and the “Cut And Paste” (CAP) method based on broadband waveform inversion. Focal mechanisms, source depths and moment magnitudes are determined through a grid search technique. By allowing time shifts between synthetics and observed data the CAP method reduces dependence of the solution on the assumed velocity model and on earthquake location. We computed seismic moment tensors for 312 earthquakes having local magnitude in the range between 2.7 and 5.9. The CAP method has made possible to considerably expand the database of focal mechanisms from waveform analysis in the lowest magnitude range (i.e. in the neighborhood of magnitude 3) without overlooking the reliability of results. The obtained focal mechanisms generally show NW–SE striking focal planes in agreement with mapped faults in the region. Comparisons with the already published solutions and with seismological and geological information available allowed us to proper interpret the moment tensor solutions in the frame of the seismic sequence evolution and also to furnish additional information about less energetic seismic phases. Focal data were inverted to obtain the seismogenic stress in the study area. Results are compatible with the major tectonic domain. We also obtained a relation between moment and local magnitude suitable for the area and for the available magnitude range.     

Study on the sources of some deep focus earthquakes in Northwest Pacific region

The sources for thirteen deep focus earthquakes ofm _b≥5.5 andh>400 km in Northwest Pacific region were studied using waveform fitting and shear fracture source model. The source parameters were obtained as follows: focal depth, faulting plane, slip direction, rupture velocity, rupture length, rupture direction and scalar moment tensor. It was found that all these earthquake sources can be interpreted as shear faulting and have simple source time functions. The strike direction of faulting plane for most deep focus earthquakes coincides with that of the subduction zone, especially in the deep part of the subduction zone, it results in the tendency of reducing the dip angle of the subduction zone. The multiple point source model was also used to study the source process. The waveform fitting is better than the shear fracture model, but the general rupture direction which coincides with that from unilateral shear source model can not be obtained from the multiple point source model. This study is supported by the National Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Joint Seismological Science Foundation.     

Theoretical Error Analysis of the Accuracy of Focal Depth Determination of Near Earthquakes

Focal depth is one of the most difficult seismic parameters to determine accurately in seismology. The focal depths estimated by various methods are uncertain to a considerable degree,which affects the understanding of the source process. The influence of various factors on focal depth is non-linear. The influence of epicentral distance,arrival time residual and velocity model (crust model) on focal depth is analyzed based on travel time formula of near earthquakes in this paper. When wave propagation velocity is constant, the error of focal depth increases with the increase of epicentral distance or the distance to station and the travel time residual. When the travel time residual is constant,the error of focal depth increases with the increase of the epicentral distance and the velocity of seismic wave. The study also shows that the location error perhaps becomes bigger for shallower earthquakes when the velocity is known and the travel time residual is constant. The horizontal error caused by location accuracy increases with the increase of the epicentral distance,the travel time residual and the velocity of seismic waves,thus the error of focal depth will increase with these factors. On the other hand,the errors of focal depth will lead to change of the origin time,therefore resultant outcomes will all change.     

江苏及邻区地震重新定位和构造特征分析

本文将双差定位和遗传算法定位两种方法相结合,对江苏及邻区1980～2005年的地震进行重新定位研究.重新定位后大大改善了原地震定位的精度,地震在空间上更加集中分布在某些区域,地震震源深度分布结果更加合理.江苏及邻区地震主要发生在上地壳和中地壳;研究区不同构造单元的震源深度统计分析表明,下扬子断块江苏段、冀鲁断块和豫皖断块的地震震源深度特点相似,在10～11 km、15～17 km深处存在二个明显的地震优势分布,推测分别在上地壳底面和中地壳;在25 km深处也存在一小的地震优势分布面,但地震频次较低.大别山地区地震的震源深度与下扬子断块、冀鲁断块和豫皖断块内的地震震源深度存在明显的差异,主要差异为大别山地区10 km以上的浅源地震十分发育,在6～7 km的深处有一地震优势分布,该深度附近地震波速度可能较高,而在10 km以下差异不大.     

糯扎渡水库地区地震活动和震源参数研究

本文利用糯扎渡水库台网和景洪水库台网记录的地震波形反演震源谱, 计算了2011年1月至2014年3月糯扎渡水库附近143个1.0级以上地震的震源参数。 分析研究发现: ① 糯扎渡水库蓄水后, 库区内地震活动明显增强, 尤其是在水位上升3~4个月后; ② 水库开始蓄水后, 库区内地震震源深度变浅, 一段时间以后则与库区外的差别减小; ③ 地震拐角频率随地震矩增大而减小, 且蓄水以后, 库区内地震拐角频率的对数与地震矩的对数线性关系更明显; ④ 应力降、 视应力与地震矩存在正相关关系, 且相同地震矩时库区内的应力降与视应力低于蓄水前和库区外的地震应力降与视应力值; ⑤ 蓄水对库区内地震的影响可延伸至库底10 km深度处, 且在3~6 km深度内影响最大、 库区内外地震频度与视应力均值差异最显著。     

2019年四川威远东两次MS＞5.0地震序列活动特征及震源区体波速度结构

自2015年以来, 四川威远及邻区的地震活动强度显著增强, 其中2019年9月8日和12月18日在威远东发生了M_S5.4和M_S5.2地震, 刷新了威远地区有记录以来历史地震震级上限.本文利用2019年8月至2020年3月期间威远及邻区25个流动台和17个固定台记录到的5638次M_L≥1.2地震Pg和Sg波到时以及连续波形资料, 采用双差层析成像方法获得了威远东这两次地震序列的重定位结果和震源区浅层地壳高分辨率三维体波速度结构.重定位结果显示震源区地震震源深度主要集中在3~4 km.基于两次M_S＞5.0地震震后10天余震序列空间展布, 本文推测两次地震的发震构造均为NNE走向且倾向SE(倾角40°左右)的盲冲断层.三维体波速度结构反演结果揭示: 震源区V_P异常变化较V_S异常变化显著, V_P/V_S比背景值普遍低4%~10%.在深度小于5 km的浅层内, 地震多分布在V_P低速异常和V_S弱高速异常以及二者的高低速异常过渡带内; 在5~7 km深度范围, 地震基本上都发生在V_P低速异常区.上述速度结构特征揭示震源区附近可能发育着富含气体的孔隙和裂缝且存在流体活动.此外, 2019年11月7日以后的地震活动具有明显的流体扩散驱动地震迁移特征, 沿两次地震发震断层走向和倾向的流体扩散系数分别为1.5 m²·s^-1和0.1 m²·s^-1.两次地震的发生机理很可能是流体扩散引起的孔隙压力上升.