Discrimination Between Foreshocks and Earthquake Swarm from the Change of First Motion Sign

Based on the data of first motion of 11 earthquake sequences with ML ≥ 3.0 recorded by the Telemetric Seismic Network of Shanxi since the 1980s, the first motion characteristics of each earthquake sequence were studied. It is known that earthquake sequences of different types have different consistency characteristics of focal mechanism. The decrease and increase of the first motion contradictory sign ratios could be taken as an index to judge whether there would still be a larger earthquake to come after the earthquake sequence.     

Foreshock cavities and internal foreshock boundaries

We present two case studies of cluster encounters with foreshock cavities. For one event, we are able, for the first time, to accurately relate the observation of a foreshock cavity to the measured position of the bow shock. This allows us to compute the shock angle, a vital parameter in models of foreshock cavity formation, with greater confidence than any previous study. This cavity appears to be elongated along the magnetic field and we use the multispacecraft nature of the Cluster mission to constrain its field-parallel and -perpendicular extent. We show that this event is embedded within a region of field-aligned ion beams. This is the first time a foreshock cavity has been shown to be surrounded by foreshock ion beams. A second foreshock cavity is associated with a small rotation in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). We show that this event appears on the boundary between an interval when the spacecraft were inside the ion foreshock, and an excursion upstream. This is the first report of a foreshock cavity observed during the traversal of the global foreshock. This second event has some features expected from the new Sibeck et al. (2008) model of cavities as brief encounters with a spatial boundary in the global foreshock.     

2014年5月30盈江6.1级地震序列剪切波分裂研究

2014年5月24、30日,云南盈江分别发生了MS5.6和MS6.1地震。本文利用2014年5月24日盈江MS5.6地震后在震源区附近架设的流动地震台卡场台(KAC)记录到的波形资料,使用SAM分析方法对盈江MS6.1地震序列进行剪切波分裂参数变化特征的研究。初步结果表明,MS6.1地震震前序列快剪切波优势偏振方向与区域主压应力方向一致,震前的快剪切波偏振方向与震后相比具有更好的一致性及更小的离散度,且盈江MS6.1地震余震序列的快剪切波偏振方向较前震序列可能有一个偏转。对比MS6.1地震的震前、震后发现,震前6天的数据显示出剪切波分裂时间延迟总体上呈现较低的水平,而震后的时间延迟值相对较高。     

基于Dieterich地震发生率模型分析前震成因的力学机制

前震是地震前兆观测中的一个重要物理量,前震的研究对地震预测的发展尤为重要,前震序列的典型特征包括加速发生的小震与古登堡-里克特定律（Gutenberg-Richter Law）中的b值变小.本文在Dieterich提出的地震发生率模型的基础上,探讨前震发生的力学成因机制及前震-主震-余震时域演化特征.模型分析结果表明,前震震源区断层及其断层周边剪应力加载速率的变化可能是前震发生及地震发生率变化的一个关键原因.由于前震震源区次级断层之间剪应力加载速率受来自主震成核过程中断层自加速滑移的影响升高,从而可导致这些次级断裂的加速失稳,即加速前震的发生.当震源区内由前震所产生的静态应力扰动不可忽略时,应力扰动和主震成核的共同作用也可对后续前震发生率产生影响.当正向应力扰动出现时,后续的前震序列的地震发生率会出现陡增,随后其地震发生率逐渐下降.而当负向应力扰动出现时,地震发生率会出现陡降,然后再次逐渐上升.基于Kostrov模型,本文得到了剪应力加载速率与古登堡-里克特定律中b值的关系式,结果表明前震序列中b值的减小与前震区内的剪应力加载速率的上升有关.     

宁夏及邻区M_S≥5.0地震的前震和广义前震特征分析

通过对宁夏及邻区1970~2015年14次M_S≥5.0地震前的中短期弱震的时空分布特征进行分析,总结了该区域M_S≥5.0地震的前震、广义前震特征,具体研究了空区、条带、信号地震和前兆地震等的时空特征,分析了各种异常的地震预测指示意义,并给出了宁夏及邻区直接前震的识别与判定标准。此外,还分析了内蒙古1976年9月23日巴音木仁M_S6.2地震前与2015年4月15日阿拉善左旗M_S5.8地震前弱震活动特征间的差异。     

前震活动特征及其识别的研究（Ⅰ）

分析了近２０年来中国大陆强震（Ｍ≥７．０）和华北地区中强地震前广义前震序列时间和空间分布的多分形特征，计算其广义分维谱Ｄｑ和标度指数谱Ｆ（α），并探讨了它们随时间的变化．结果表明：（１）对广义前震活动，在所研究地区的时、空分布，均呈现多分形结构；（２）大地震发生前半年至一年，地震活动时、空分布的高次分维Ｄ∞呈下降趋势．这种降维特征，亦在实验室含水大样本岩石破坏前，声发射序列Ｄ∞的变化中观测到；（３）与中强地震相比，大地震孕育区地震活动的空间高次分维偏低，表明地壳应力分布的高度不均匀性，是板内大地震孕育环境中的本质因素之一．     

Multi-spacecraft study of foreshock cavitons upstream of the quasi-parallel bow shock

In this work we perform the first multi-spacecraft analysis of two foreshock cavitons observed by the Cluster spacecraft. We also study the characteristics of their surrounding regions. Foreshock cavitons are a relatively new type of phenomena in the Earth's foreshock. They appear in regions deep inside the foreshock and are therefore always immersed in a sea of ULF waves and suprathermal particles. In the observational data the cavitons appear as simultaneous depressions of interplanetary magnetic field and plasma density. The two cavitons presented here have highly structured interiors and exhibit surface irregularities. They propagate sunwards in the reference frame of the solar wind plasma. Since their velocities are smaller than the solar wind velocity, the cavitons are convected towards the Earth by the solar wind flow. Their sizes are comparable to the size of the Earth. We show that the cavitons are different from other foreshock phenomena, such as cavities. The latter are thought to form by thermal expansion due to the excess of thermal pressure caused by intense flux of suprathermal ions in their interiors. Thermal pressure inside the cavitons is the same as in their surroundings, so they cannot form in this way. The proposed mechanism for the caviton formation includes nonlinear interactions between different types of ULF waves deep inside the foreshock.     

云南地区强震的短临中强前震序列特征初探

对1965￣2003年云南地区强震前3个月内发生过的短临中强前震进行整理,将其按距离主震发生时间分为直接前震、临震前震与短期前震三类,然后通过地震序列动态分析地震活动,发现各类前震有以下显著特征:(1)直接前震:3、4级地震时间间隔临震时骤减;将地震序列从时间上分成三等分后,第二时段的地震频次没有明显衰减。(2)临震前震:震后第一天地震的频次较高而第二天相对过低,同时同一台站P波初动符号基本上一致或振幅比稳定在某一范围。(3)短期前震:震后10天前震频度衰减至零;20-30天左右地震频度骤增,同时h、p值也反应出类似的特征,30天h值迅速减小接近1或小于1,而b值基本稳定且均低于区域背景值。     

岫岩5.4和5.1级地震前波谱异常特征研究

使用辽宁数字地震台网1999年11月9日至2000年1月10日记录的52次地震共360余条数字化波形事件, 采用PITSA软件, 对发生在岫岩5.4级地震的27个前震和5.4级地震后的5.1级地震(最大余震)前25个余震的纵、 横波拐角频率比值f_cp/f_cs进行了研究。 结果表明: 在岫岩5.4级和5.1级地震前的纵波和横波拐角频率比值f_cp/f_cs, 在2次较大地震前均出现较明显的下降异常, 此异常可作为今后地震预测可能的参考与临震判断的依据。