Relocation of the M 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake and its aftershock sequence |
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Authors: | Yuan Huang JianPing Wu TianZhong Zhang and DongNing Zhang |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, 100081, China |
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Abstract: | We relocated M8.0 Wenchuan earthquake and 2706 aftershocks with M⩾2.0 using double-difference algorithm and obtained relocations of 2553 events. To reduce the influence of lateral variation
in crustal and upper mantle velocity structure, we used different velocity models for the east and west side of Longmenshan
fault zone. In the relocation process, we added seismic data from portable seismic stations close to the shocks to constrain
focal depths. The precisions in E-W, N-S, and U-D directions after relocation are 0.6, 0.7, and 2.5 km respectively. The relocation
results show that the aftershock epi-centers of Wenchuan earthquake were distributed in NE-SW direction, with a total length
of about 330 km. The aftershocks were concentrated on the west side of the central fault of Longmenshan fault zone, excluding
those on the north of Qingchuan, which obviously deviated from the surface fault and passed through Pingwu-Qingchuan fault
in the north. The dominant focal depths of the aftershocks are between 5 and 20 km, the average depth is 13.3 km, and the
depth of the relocated main shock is 16.0 km. The depth profile reveals that focal depth distribution in some of the areas
is characterized by high-angle westward dipping. The rupture mode of the main shock features reverse faulting in the south,
with a large strike-slip component in the north.
Supported by the Basic Research Project of Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration (Grant No. DQJB08Z03) |
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Keywords: | Wenchuan earthquake Longmenshan fault zone earthquake relocation regional velocity model first arrival |
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