Preliminary study of multiple event location on the Kunming Telemetry Seismic Network

Based on the first P wave arrival time data of local earthquakes recorded in the Kunming Telemetry Seismic Network in 1982–1989, the P travel time corrections of the stations in the network were obtained by use of the parameter separation method and the multiple event location method. This set of the corrections reflects the feature of lateral inhomogeneous structure of the upper crust beneath the network to certain degree. The geographic distribution of the sation corrections has obviously regional characteristics, by which the studied area is divided into three sub-areas. In the Western Yunnan area where the stations are the most dense, except the stations of Yunxian, Shidian and Wanding in south, the station corrections are not greater than 0.15 sec. In the eastern area (to the east of Chuxiong) where the network has slightly wider station interval, most of them show obviously positive delay. In southern area, including stations of Wenshan, Simao, Jinghong, Yunxian, Shidian and Wanding, all the stations have large negative delay. The results consist with the basic feature of geologic setting in Yunnan area. The accuracy of the relocated hypocentral parameters based on the corrected travel time data has fairly improved. Therefore the station corrections can be used to the routine processing of earthquake location in the Kunming Seismic Network. The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,15, 136–145, 1993.