Changes in source parameters of foreshocks and aftershocks of the 2001 M_S=6.0 Yajiang, Sichuan, earthquake  

作　　者：程万正 陈天长 魏娅玲 朱航 

机构地区：[1]Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610041, China

出　　处：《Acta Seismologica Sinica(English Edition)》2003年第4期371-381,共11页

基　　金：State Key Basic Development and Programming Project Mechanism and Prediction of Continental Strong Earthquakes (95130505).

摘　　要：In this paper changes in focal mechanisms, parameters of wave spectra, and stress drops for the MS=5.0 foreshock and MS=6.0 mainshock in February 2001 in Yajiang County, Sichuan, and seismicity in epicentral region are studied. Comparison of focal mechanisms for the Yajiang earthquakes with distribution patterns of aftershocks, the nodal plane I, striking in the direction of NEN, of the Yajiang M=5.0 event is chosen as the faulting plane; the nodal plane II, striking in the direction of WNW, of the M=6.0 event as the faulting plane. The strikes of the two faulting planes are nearly perpendicular to each other. The level of stress drops in the epicentral region before the occurrence of the M=6.0 earthquake increases, which is consistent with increase of seismicity in the epicentral region. The rate decay of the Yajiang earthquake sequence, changes in wave spectra for foreshocks and aftershocks, and focal mechanisms are complex.In this paper changes in focal mechanisms, parameters of wave spectra, and stress drops for the MS=5.0 foreshock and MS=6.0 mainshock in February 2001 in Yajiang County, Sichuan, and seismicity in epicentral region are studied. Comparison of focal mechanisms for the Yajiang earthquakes with distribution patterns of aftershocks, the nodal plane I, striking in the direction of NEN, of the Yajiang M=5.0 event is chosen as the faulting plane; the nodal plane II, striking in the direction of WNW, of the M=6.0 event as the faulting plane. The strikes of the two faulting planes are nearly perpendicular to each other. The level of stress drops in the epicentral region before the occurrence of the M=6.0 earthquake increases, which is consistent with increase of seismicity in the epicentral region. The rate decay of the Yajiang earthquake sequence, changes in wave spectra for foreshocks and aftershocks, and focal mechanisms are complex.

关 键 词：Yajiang earthquake sequence characteristics source parameters 

分 类 号：P315[天文地球—地震学]