Diurnal variations of temperature as a cause of periodic variations of high-frequency geoacoustic emission

Investigated is the periodic component of geoacoustic emission within the frequency band from 2.0 to 6.5 kHz registered by the piezoceramic hydrophone installed near the bottom of Lake Mikizha in the Kamchatka Peninsula. It is revealed that the variation period is 24 hours and the maximum variation is observed in summer, when the average daily air temperature is above 10°C. In that period the close connection is revealed between the series of air temperature and geoacoustic emission. Taking into account the similar results of measurements of the ground surface slope at the observation site, the most probable reason for the diurnal variations of high-frequency geoacoustic emission is the deformation of near-surface sedimentary rocks caused by diurnal variations of temperature.     

Acoustic and electromagnetic emissions preceding the earthquake in Kamchatka

In 2013, simultaneous observations of acoustic and electromagnetic emissions ranging from 200 Hz to 11 kHz were carried out in Kamchatka; as a result, abnormal surges of the emissions were registered 1–2 days before seismic events with magnitudes M _LH ≥ 5 at a hypocentral distance up to 200 km. The most likely cause of the occurrence of the abnormal emissions in inherently different fields was activation of deformation processes preceding the earthquakes.     

Joint Perturbation in Geoacoustic Emission,Radon, Thoron,and Atmospheric Electric Field Based on Observations in Kamchatka

Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth - Based on the integration and analysis of the published theoretical results and field observations, the possibility is considered of a joint perturbation in...     

Geoacoustic emission response to deformation processes activation during earthquake preparation

The results of geoacoustic emission investigations carried out on the seismoactive Kamchatka Peninsula since 1999 are presented. The experiments are characterized by the application of broadband piezoceramic sound receivers (hydrophones) for recording the emission. The hydrophones were installed at the bottom of natural and artificial water reservoirs. As compared with the standard hydrophones, such receivers allow us to broaden the registration frequency range up to 0.1 Hz–11 kHz. Three-component vector receivers with the same frequency range were used simultaneously to study the spatial structure of the geoacoustic emission and the mode of the medium particle movement in a wave. In the course of the investigations, it was established that anomalies of the geoacoustic emission in the kilohertz frequency range are recorded 1–3 days before strong earthquakes at a distance of a few hundred kilometers from the epicenter. A sharp increase in the amplitude and frequency of the geoacoustic impulses, which resemble microearthquakes in pattern and last from tens of minutes to several hours, is interpreted as an anomaly. Signals at such frequencies cannot propagate from the epicenters of preparing earthquakes and represent the response of the medium at the registration point to the change of its stress-strain state. The stress field created therein determines the primary orientation of the emission sources, which can be assessed by vector-phase methods. The results of the integrated investigations of the geoacoustic emission and the Earth’s surface deformation revealed that anomalies are observed before earthquakes with a considerable increase in the strain rate during both the compression and extension of the near-surface rocks.