2008年5月12日四川汶川8．0级地震前后震源区应力水平估计

根据地震力学和数字地震学理论,利用视应力和应力降,估算了2008年5月12日四川汶川MS8.0级地震前后震源区的应力水平,结果表明,震前震源区应力值约为1.5~2.0MPa,地震破裂过程中,由于断层发生错动过头,使地震发生后震源区应力低于动摩擦力,降至-1.2~-0.1MPa。     

山东乳山震群震源参数变化及其尺度关系

山东乳山震群自2013年10月开始活动,持续5年多时间,累计记录到M_L≥0.0级的地震事件1.3万余次.乳山位于东部沿海弱震地区,却发生了如此长时间、高频度的地震活动,值得深入研究.为了解震群发生、发展过程中震源区介质性质的变化特征,本文利用山东数字地震台网和乳山小孔径台阵记录的地震波形资料,基于Brune圆盘模型,采用S波频谱方法,反演计算了乳山震群167个M_L≥2.0级地震的震源参数.结果显示:乳山震群的震源参数明显偏离了震源的自相似模型,拐角频率、应力降、视应力与地震矩成比例关系,其中拐角频率中值随地震矩增大而减小,应力降和视应力中值随地震矩的增大而增大.乳山震群应力降的变化范围是0.02～4.39 MPa,均值是0.58 MPa,视应力在0.008～1.79 MPa之间,均值是0.23 MPa,应力降和视应力变化范围较大,达到了2个量级以上,均值水平较低.震群中3次M_L>4.5级中有2次地震发生前后拐角频率、视应力等震源参数出现了明显的变化,同时震源参数在空间上差异较大,相对高应力值的地震大多位于震群西北端...     

地震视应力在云南地震序列中的前兆特征

在假设震源位移谱符合omega;平方模型的基础上,得到了利用震源位移谱低频水平与拐角频率来计算中小地震视应力值的数学表达式.采用数字化速度波形记录,通过校正仪器响应、介质衰减与吸收效应、台站场地响应等影响因素后,计算得到了云南地区4个地震序列共823次中小地震的视应力值.结果表明,地震视应力在云南地区的这4个地震序列中有很好的前兆特征表现,即:地震序列中只要发生了视应力值超过1MPa的中小地震,其后就一定会有中强震发生;如果序列中中强地震发生后再没有发生视应力值超过1MPa的中小地震,则该序列就不会有强余震发生.同时研究表明,4个地震序列所在地区的平均视应力值为0.8MPa,地震视应力值与地震震级没有显著相关关系.      

2011年日本MW9.1地震前后破裂区内视应力时空变化

2011年3月11日, 一个 M_W9.1地震袭击了日本本州地区, 为了分析这次地震前后主震破裂区内应力时空变化, 我们选取1996年1月~2016年6月期间发生在破裂区内的563个5.0≤M_S≤6.9地震, 研究了视应力随时间的变化和空间分布。 日本M_W9.1地震前从2002年中起视应力开始呈趋势性上升变化, 到2009年初以0.18 MPa/a的速率从0.6 MPa上升到1.76 MPa, 相差约3倍, 直到地震发生前夕一直保持在1.5 MPa之上。 地震发生之后, 直到2016年6月在破裂区内视应力呈缓慢下降变化, 但仍保持在1.5 MPa之上较高水平。 视应力在地面上和断层面上的分布显示, 1996—2005年间破裂区仅存在个别视应力高值, 从2006年到2011年2月, 破裂区大面积出现视应力高值。 在日本M_W9.1地震发生之后的近3个月内, 破裂区视应力整体处于高值水平, 之后在较高的水平上缓慢减弱。 视应力是地震断层面上平均应力的下限, 视应力的高低在一定程度上反映的是震源断层面上平均应力的高低。 在日本M_W9.1地震前, 发生在破裂区内的地震, 其断层面上的平均应力经历了大约8.5年的趋势上升变化过程。 这次大地震前破裂区所在的地壳应力逐渐增加, 最后导致断层面错动发生日本M_W9.1地震。     

1982年卢龙地震前后的小震震源参数

1982年10月19日,在唐山余震区的东北端卢龙,发生了一次ML=6.2(按北京电信传输台网的目录)的地震(3957'N,11904'E).为了监视卢龙地震前后小震震源参数的变化,本文考察了唐山-卢龙地区自1980年1月至1984年6月的情况.利用P波初动半周期,测定了160次ML=2.7——4.3的地震的震源参数.在所研究的震级范围内,初动半周期和震源半径不随ML而增大,应力降则随ML而增大.应力降的数值在0.1——50MPa的范围内变化,且主要集中在1MPa和5MPa之间.因此本文认为,对此地区,5MPa以上为高应力降,1MPa.以下为低应力降.该地区地震的空间分布表明,高应力降事件与随后发生的ML5的地震有明显的关系.在卢龙地震前一年多里,整个地区内的高应力降事件减少,低应力降事件增多;但在卢龙地震的震中附近发生了两次高应力降事件.     

日本东部内陆地区2011年大地震前后应力状态与诱发地震

通过反演震源机制数据,得到了东日本大地震前后日本东部内陆地区的应力场.地震前,在东北部(Tohoku),σ1轴呈EW方向,但在关东-东部(Kanto-Chubu)地区则呈NW-SE方向.地震后,在Tohoku北部和靠近磐城市(Iwaki City)的Tohoku东南部,应力场发生了变化,主应力取向大致等同于与地震相关的静应力变化取向.这说明地震前这些地区的差应力值小于1 MPa.在Tohoku中部,虽然地震后加载的应力取向几乎逆转,但其应力场没有发生变化,说明那里的差应力值大大超过1MPa.在KantoChubu,地震后加载了与背景应力方向近乎相同的应力,且应力场没有发生预期的变化.这可能就是Kanto-Chubu地区高地震活动水平的诱因.     

山西省内连续5次ML≥4.0地震序列震源区附近应力降的初步研究

在对山西地区的非弹性衰减系数、场地响应和震源新参数各量关系初步研究之后,利用山西地区2008年8月-2012年5月间发生的ML2.0级以上地震612次,计算其中148次地震的震源新参数.着重研究该时间段内山西地震带连续发生的5次ML4.0级以上地震震源区的背景应力降,阳曲震区的平均应力降为2.586 MPa,其它4个震区都在1～2 MPa间.分析发现山西中部的阳曲震源区、原平震源区、大同震源区震后应力降趋于平稳的低位,而山西中南部地区的洪洞、河津2震源区附近的地震应力降在震后仍处于不断积累、逐步增强的趋势,所以应密切关注山西中南部地区的震情形势.     

胶东半岛地区震源波谱参数研究

利用山东数字地震台网记录到的胶东半岛及附近地区2010年以来的地震波形资料,采用Brune模型,并结合遗传算法反演了本区134次2.0级以上地震的震源波谱参数.结果表明胶东半岛地区中小地震的地震矩在9.76×1011～5.9×1014N·M之间;应力降范围在0.017～25MPa之间,均值是0.97MPa;视应力范围在0.06～10.2MPa,平均应力水平在0.396MPa.地震矩、应力降和视应力都与震级呈正相关关系,拐角频率与震级的关系不是很明显;地震矩和拐角频率成负相关关系.根据本区震源参数和震级的定量统计关系,去除震级影响,通过应力降和视应力随时间的变化得到目前正处于应力的释放时期.     

1992兰德斯地震震源处应力量值的研究

给出了根据地震前后应力轴偏转、地震应力降和地震前后相对主应力大小,计算震源处应力量值的方法.并将该方法运用于兰德斯地震的霍姆斯特德谷断层段,获得了该子断层10 km深度处震前最大、中间和最小主应力的量值分别为271,266 MPa和259 MPa;震前断层面上的正应力和剪切应力分别为265MPa和6.2 MPa;震后断...     

2021年5月21日云南漾濞Ms6.4地震序列发震构造

2021年5月21日云南省大理州漾濞县发生Ms6.4地震.地震序列表现为"前-主-余"型,余震频次较高.为获得此次地震序列的活动特征和震源区潜在的发震构造,本文首先计算2010年以来震源区地震b值随时间的变化.其次对漾濞地震序列进行精定位,并反演地震震源机制解和构造应力场.结果表明:(1)震源区地震b值自2020年12月逐渐降低.2021年5月18日起地震活动逐渐增强,b值短暂回升.Ms6.4地震发生前又迅速下降.目前b值已恢复至均值水平,意味着区域发生强震的危险性逐渐降低.(2)结合精定位和震源机制解结果发现,漾濞地震序列的发震断层以SE走向的高倾角右旋走滑兼正断型断层为主.兼有多条NE走向和NNE走向的左旋走滑兼正断型的高倾角次级断层.(3)震源区受控于NNW向水平挤压,NEE向水平拉张的构造应力作用.主震前构造应力控制作用增强.     

Estimation of the stress levels in the focal region before and after the 2001 M=8.1 Western Kunlun Mountain Pass earth-quake

Introduction A great earthquake of M=8.1 occurred at 17h26min14.7s (Beijing time) on November 14, 2001 on the eastern Kunlun fault, near Bukadaban mountain peak with an elevation of about 6 866 m in the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau of western China. The micro-epicenter is at a site of 36.2°N, 90.9°E, and the macro-epicenter is at a site of 35.6°N, 94.1° E, about 300 km west to the Kunlun Mountain Pass.This event is the largest one since 1951 in China, and yet the first su-per-st…     

Estimation of the stress levels in the focal region before and after the 2001 <Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis>=8.1 Western Kunlun Mountain Pass earthquake

A method estimating the stress level in the focal region of an earthquake is proposed here. Taking the 2001 M=8.1 Western Kunlun Mountain Pass earthquake as an example, we estimate its stress level in the focal region before and after it by this method. The results show that the stress level in the focal region just prior to the initiation of this event is approximately 6.3–8 MPa, and about 5–6.7 MPa remained in the focal region after its occurrence. The stress in the focal region decreased by roughly twenty percent after this event.     

Estimation of the stress levels in the focal region before and after the 2001 M =8.1 Western Kunlun Mountain Pass earthquake

A method estimating the stress level in the focal region of an earthquake is proposed here. Taking the 2001 M=8.1 Western Kunlun Mountain Pass earthquake as an example, we estimate its stress level in the focal region before and after it by this method. The results show that the stress level in the focal region just prior to the initiation of this event is approximately 6.3–8 MPa, and about 5–6.7 MPa remained in the focal region after its occurrence. The stress in the focal region decreased by roughly twenty percent after this event. Contribution No. 05FE3026, Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration.     

2008年汶川Ms8.0地震在2013年芦山Ms7.0地震和2014年康定Ms6.3地震破裂区引起的库仑破裂应力

2008年5月12日四川汶川发生M_S8.0地震发生之后, 先后于2013年4月20日和2014年11月22日分别在汶川M_S8.0地震震中西南约80 km的芦山县和约178 km的康定县发生了M_S7.0和M_S6.3地震。 芦山地震位于龙门山前主边界处, 康定地震位于鲜水河断裂带上。 芦山地震发生前有几位作者先后计算了汶川M_S8.0地震引起的库仑破裂应力, 分析了其对周围断层的影响。 本文对这些研究结果进行了简要回顾, 并根据芦山地震和康定地震的实际发震断层面参数, 计算了汶川M_S8.0地震在芦山地震和康定地震震源深度处的水平面上以及其发震断层面上产生的库仑破裂应力, 还给出了其震中处库仑破裂应力随深度的变化。 结果表明, 汶川M_S8.0地震发生使芦山地震震源断层面上有利于其错动发震的应力大面积增加而使康定地震震源断层面上有利于其错动发震的应力大面积减小。 在芦山地震初始破裂点处引起的库仑破裂应力达0.245 MPa, 在康定地震初始破裂点处引起的库仑破裂应力为-0.00063 MPa。 因此, 汶川M_S8.0地震的发生对芦山地震具有明显的促进作用, 而对康定地震的作用不明显。 在目标断层面参数已知的情况下, 根据库仑破裂应力在目标断层面上的分布, 可能为未来地震发生的地点提供线索, 进而对地震发生的危险性进行预测。 若一次地震的发生使目标断层面上有利于其错动发震的应力大面积显著增加, 这种情况下库仑破裂应力对未来地震具有预测意义。     

THE SOURCE PARAMETERS AND SEISMOTECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 ML4.4 LINCHENG EARTHQUAKE

At 3:05, September 4, 2017, an M_L4.4 earthquake occurred in Lincheng County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, which was felt obviously by surrounding areas. Approximately 60km away from the hypocenter of Xingtai M_S7.2 earthquake in 1966, this event is the most noticeable earthquake in this area in recent years. On the one hand, people are still shocked by the 1966 Xingtai earthquake that caused huge disaster, on the other hand, Lincheng County is lack of strong earthquakes. Therefore, this quake has aroused widespread concerns by the government, society and seismologists. It is necessary to clarify whether the seismogenic structure of this event is consistent with the previous seismicity and whether it has any new implications for the seismic activity and seismic hazard in this region. Therefore, it is of great significance to study its seismogenic mechanism for understanding the earthquake activity in Xingtai region where a M_S7.2 earthquake had occurred in 1966. In this study, the Lincheng earthquake and its aftershocks are relocated using the multi-step locating method, and the focal mechanism and focal depth are determined by the "generalized Cut and Paste"(gCAP)method. The reliability of the results is analyzed based on the data of Hebei regional seismic network. In order to better constrain the focal depth, the depth phase sPL fitting method is applied to the relocation of focal depth. The inversion and constraint results show that aftershocks are mainly distributed along NE direction and dip to SE direction as revealed by depth profiles. Focal depths of aftershocks are concentrated in the depths of 6.5~8.2km with an average of about 7km. The best double-couple solution of the mainshock is 276°, 69° and -40° for strike, dip and slip angle for nodal plane I and 23°, 53° and -153° for nodal plane Ⅱ, respectively, revealing that it is a strike-slip event with a small amount of normal-fault component. The initial rupture depth of mainshock is about 7.5km obtained by the relocation while the centroid depth is 6km derived from gCAP method which was also verified by the seismic depth phase sPL observed by several stations, indicating the earthquake is ruptured from deep to shallow. Combined with the research results on regional geological structure and the seismic sequence relocation results, it is concluded that the nodal plane Ⅱ is the seismogenic fault plane of this earthquake. There are several active faults around the hypocenter of Lincheng earthquake sequence, however, none of the known faults on the current understanding is completely consistent with the seismogenic fault. To determine the seismogenic mechanism, the lucubrated research of the M_S7.2 Xingtai earthquake in 1966 could provide a powerful reference. The seismic tectonic characteristics of the 1966 Xingtai earthquake sequence could be summarized as follows:There are tensional fault in the shallow crust and steep dip hidden fault in the middle and lower crust, however, the two faults are not connected but separated by the shear slip surfaces which are widely distributed in the middle crust; the seismic source is located between the hidden fault in the lower crust and the extensional fault in the upper crust; the earthquake began to rupture in the deep dip fault in the mid-lower crust and then ruptured upward to the extensional fault in the shallow crust, and the two fault systems were broken successively. From the earthquake rupture revealed by the seismic sequence location, the Lincheng earthquake also has the semblable feature of rupturing from deep to shallow. However, due to the much smaller magnitude of this event than that of the 1966 earthquake, the accumulated stress was not high enough to tear the fracture of the detachment surface whose existence in Lincheng region was confirmed clearly by the results of Lincheng-Julu deep reflection seismology and reach to the shallower fault. Therefore, by the revelation of the seismogenic mechanism of the 1966 Xingtai earthquake, the seismogenic fault of Lincheng earthquake is presumed to be a concealed fault possessing a potential of both strike-slip and small normal faulting component and located below the detachment surface in Lincheng area. The tectonic significance indicated by this earthquake is that the event was a stress adjustment of the deep fault and did not lead to the rupture of the shallow fault. Therefore, this area still has potential seismic hazard to a certain extent.     

RELOCATION OF THE 23 NOVEMBER 2017 WULONG MS5.0 EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE AND ANALYSIS OF ITS SEISMOGENIC FAULT

The Wulong M_S5.0 earthquake on 23 November 2017, located in the Wolong sap between Wenfu, Furong and Mawu faults, is the biggest instrumentally recorded earthquake in the southeastern Chongqing. It occurred unexpectedly in a weak earthquake background with no knowledge of dramatically active faults. The complete earthquake sequences offered a significant source information example for focal mechanism solution, seismotectonics and seismogenic mechanism, which is helpful for the estimation of potential seismic sources and level of the future seismic risk in the region. In this study, we firstly calculated the focal mechanism solutions of the main shock using CAP waveform inversion method and then relocated the main shock and aftershocks by the method of double-difference algorithm. Secondly, we determined the seismogenic fault responsible for the M_S5.0 Wulong earthquake based on these calculated results. Finally, we explored the seismogenic mechanism of the Wulong earthquake and future potential seismic risk level of the region. The results show the parameters of the focal mechanism solution, which are:strike24°, dip 16°, and rake -108° for the nodal plane Ⅰ, and strike223°, dip 75°, and rake -85° for the nodal plane Ⅱ. The calculations are supported by the results of different agencies and other methods. Additionally, the relocated results show that the Wulong M_S5.0 earthquake sequence is within a rectangular strip with 4.7km in length and 2.4km in width, which is approximately consistent with the scales by empirical relationship of Wells and Coppersmith(1994). Most of the relocated aftershocks are distributed in the southwest of the mainshock. The NW-SE cross sections show that the predominant focal depth is 5~8km. The earthquake sequences suggest the occurrence features of the fault that dips northwest with dip angle of 63° by the least square method, which is largely consistent with nodal planeⅡof the focal mechanism solution. Coincidentally, the field outcrop survey results show that the Wenfu Fault is a normal fault striking southwest and dipping 60°~73° by previous studies. According to the above data, we infer that the Wenfu Fault is the seismogenic structure responsible for Wulong M_S5.0 earthquake. We also propose two preliminary genetic mechanisms of "local stress adjustment" and "fluid activation effect". The "local stress adjustment" model is that several strong earthquakes in Sichuan, such as M8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, M7.0 Luzhou earthquake and M7.0 Jiuzhaigou earthquake, have changed the stress regime of the eastern margin of the Sichuan Basin by stress transference. Within the changed stress regime, a minor local stress adjustment has the possibility of making a notable earthquake event. In contract, the "fluid activation effect" model is mainly supported by the three evidences as follows:1)the maximum principle stress axial azimuth is against the regional stress field, which reflects NWW-SEE direction thrusting type; 2)the Wujiang River crosscuts the pre-existing Wenfu normal fault and offers the fluid source; and 3)fractures along the Wenfu Fault formed by karst dissolution offer the important fluid flow channels.     

汶川8.0级地震环境剪应力特征研究

基于甘肃强震固定台和流动观测记录的汶川8.0级地震主震及余震加速度资料,选用三分向记录均完整的87次地震(震级范围为3.0~8.0级),根据用位错理论二维断裂模式推导的震源峰值加速度与环境剪应力关系式计算汶川地震序列的环境剪应力值,探讨其环境剪应力场特征。结果表明,环境剪应力和矩震级有较好的相关性,3~5级地震对应的应力值多在3~6 MPa,5~6级多在6~9 MPa,6~7级多在9MPa以上,且环境剪应力对震源深度也有较强的依赖性。     

2022年6月1日四川芦山MS6.1地震的发震构造与力学机制探讨

2022年6月1日17时00分08秒（北京时间）四川雅安市芦山县发生M_S6.1地震,此次地震是继2008年汶川M_S8.0、2013年芦山M_S7.0地震后发生在龙门山断裂带的又一显著地震,与后者在空间上仅相距9 km.为揭示此次地震的发震构造特征及其与2013年芦山M_S7.0地震的关系,进而理解龙门山断裂带强震孕育动力学过程与地震危险性,本文采用CAP全波形反演方法计算了芦山M_S6.1地震的震源机制解,利用多阶段定位法对2013年芦山M_S7.0地震以来余震区地震进行了精确定位,并基于库仑应力讨论两次地震的应力触发关系.结果显示,芦山M_S6.1地震的震源机制解为：节面Ⅰ的走向、倾角和滑动角分别为221°、40°和105°;节面Ⅱ的参数为22°、52°和78°,矩心深度14 km,震源机制断层面解呈现一组与龙门山断裂带性质接近的节面.反演给出的P轴方位角为120°,倾角为6°,反映了此次地震主要受NWW-SEE向水平挤压应力作用,与龙门山断裂带南段背景构造应力场一致.地震精定位结果显示芦山M_S6.1地震序列发生在2013年芦山M_S7.0地震发震断层北西侧的一条倾向南东的反冲断层上,据此可判断震源机制解的节面Ⅱ为发震断层面.在此基础上,通过指定发震与接收断层,计算获得2013年芦山M_S7.0地震对此次M_S6.1地震所在断层的最大库仑应力加载值可达1.5 MPa,说明前者对后者有显著的触发作用.

     

参窝地震对海城大震的预报意义

1974年12月22日辽宁参窝水库区发生5.2级(M_L)地震,本文通过分析5.2级地震在海城7.3级地震前区域地震活动中的地位、测定地震序列在各台的P、S波振幅此以及P波初动半周期等地震学参量,认为该地震序列中最大地震发生前后,参窝地区构造应力作用形式及应力集中程度基本上没有变化,只在海城大震后才发生显著改变。作者认为,在监视大范围地震活动时空变化的同时,如果一次中等地震序列中的最大地震发生前后,某些诸如振幅比(反映构造应力作用形式)和P波初动半周期(反映地震应力降及应力集中程度)等地震学参量没有发生显著变化,则可能表明,不久将在附近地区发生更大地震。