The environment shear stress field for the 1976 Tangshan earthquake sequence

（陈培善，肖磊，白彤霞，王溪莉）Ｔｈｅｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔｓｈｅａｒｓｔｒｅｓｓｆｉｅｌｄｆｏｒｔｈｅ１９７６Ｔａｎｇｓｈａｎｅａｒｔｈｑｕａｋｅｓｅｑｕｅｎｃｅ￥Ｐｅｉ－ＳｈａｎＣＨＥＮ；ＬｅｉＸＩＡＯ；Ｔｏｎｇ－ＸｉａＢＡＩａｎｄＸｉ－ＬｉＷＡ...

The environment shear stress field for the 1976 Tangshan earthquake sequence

The environment shear stress of Tangshan main earthquake and 38 great aftershocks have been calculated by the acceleration data of Tangshan earthquake sequence. The environment shear stress for 52 smaller aftershocks from July of 1982 to July of 1984 have also been calculated by use of the digital data of the Sino-American cooperation recorded by the instrumental arrays in Tangshan. The results represent that the environment shear stress τ₀ values have a weak dependence on the seismic moment, only the small and moderate earthquakes will be able to occur in the region with smaller τ₀ value and the large earthquakes are only in the region with greater τ₀ value. The peak acceleration, velocity and displacement will be larger for the earthquakes occurred in the region with greater τ₀ value, Therefore, the measurement of environment shear stress τ₀ value for the significant region will play an important role in earthquake prediction and engineering shock-proof. The environment shear stress values for the great aftershocks occurred in the two ends of the main fault are often higher than that for the main shock. This case may represent the stress concentration in the two ends of the fault. This phenomenon provides the references for the place where the great aftershock will occur. Contribution No. 94A0104, Institute of Geophysics, SSB, China. The authors are grateful to persons and administration for their help and supports.