Horizontal Magnetic Anomaly Accompanying the Co-Seismic Earthquake Light of the M7.3 Fukushima Earthquake of 16 March 2022: Phenomenon and Mechanism
A horizontal magnetic disturbance accompanying the co-seismic earthquake light (EQL) of the M7.3 Fukushima earthquake of 16 March 2022 was detected by a fluxgate magnetometer installed at the KAK station, which is 270 km south of the EQL and 210 km west of the epicenter. The instantaneous change of...
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description | A horizontal magnetic disturbance accompanying the co-seismic earthquake light (EQL) of the M7.3 Fukushima earthquake of 16 March 2022 was detected by a fluxgate magnetometer installed at the KAK station, which is 270 km south of the EQL and 210 km west of the epicenter. The instantaneous change of the declination component of the geomagnetic field reached about 1.7″, much exceeding the threshold of three-fold error (0.72″). Considering the direction information of the geomagnetic data, the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector was further analyzed, which manifested the normal of the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector passing through the position of the EQL. Combined with the experimental results of pressure-simulated rock current (PSRC), the mechanism of the EQL and the geomagnetic anomaly was proposed to interpret the spatiotemporal correlation between the EQL and the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector, which should be a manifest of the induced magnetic horizontal vector (IMHV), attributed to the upward seismic PSRC. Different from previous precursor studies on geomagnetic disturbance on the power spectrum, vertical component, or polarization, this paper focuses on the direction information of the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector, which could be further applied to locate potential seismogenic zones based on the IMHVs observed by multiple geomagnetic stations. |
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spelling | doaj.art-80e7af8cfcef48f8af3d4816ff8da4842023-11-19T18:00:13ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922023-10-011520505210.3390/rs15205052Horizontal Magnetic Anomaly Accompanying the Co-Seismic Earthquake Light of the M7.3 Fukushima Earthquake of 16 March 2022: Phenomenon and MechanismBusheng Xie0Lixin Wu1Wenfei Mao2Ziqing Wang3Licheng Sun4Youyou Xu5School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, ChinaSchool of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, ChinaSchool of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, ChinaSchool of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, ChinaSchool of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, ChinaSchool of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, ChinaA horizontal magnetic disturbance accompanying the co-seismic earthquake light (EQL) of the M7.3 Fukushima earthquake of 16 March 2022 was detected by a fluxgate magnetometer installed at the KAK station, which is 270 km south of the EQL and 210 km west of the epicenter. The instantaneous change of the declination component of the geomagnetic field reached about 1.7″, much exceeding the threshold of three-fold error (0.72″). Considering the direction information of the geomagnetic data, the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector was further analyzed, which manifested the normal of the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector passing through the position of the EQL. Combined with the experimental results of pressure-simulated rock current (PSRC), the mechanism of the EQL and the geomagnetic anomaly was proposed to interpret the spatiotemporal correlation between the EQL and the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector, which should be a manifest of the induced magnetic horizontal vector (IMHV), attributed to the upward seismic PSRC. Different from previous precursor studies on geomagnetic disturbance on the power spectrum, vertical component, or polarization, this paper focuses on the direction information of the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector, which could be further applied to locate potential seismogenic zones based on the IMHVs observed by multiple geomagnetic stations.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/20/50522022 Fukushima M7.3 earthquakeearthquake lighthorizontal magnetic disturbancepressure-simulated rock currentinduced magnetic horizontal vector |
spellingShingle | Busheng Xie Lixin Wu Wenfei Mao Ziqing Wang Licheng Sun Youyou Xu Horizontal Magnetic Anomaly Accompanying the Co-Seismic Earthquake Light of the M7.3 Fukushima Earthquake of 16 March 2022: Phenomenon and Mechanism Remote Sensing 2022 Fukushima M7.3 earthquake earthquake light horizontal magnetic disturbance pressure-simulated rock current induced magnetic horizontal vector |
title | Horizontal Magnetic Anomaly Accompanying the Co-Seismic Earthquake Light of the M7.3 Fukushima Earthquake of 16 March 2022: Phenomenon and Mechanism |
title_full | Horizontal Magnetic Anomaly Accompanying the Co-Seismic Earthquake Light of the M7.3 Fukushima Earthquake of 16 March 2022: Phenomenon and Mechanism |
title_fullStr | Horizontal Magnetic Anomaly Accompanying the Co-Seismic Earthquake Light of the M7.3 Fukushima Earthquake of 16 March 2022: Phenomenon and Mechanism |
title_full_unstemmed | Horizontal Magnetic Anomaly Accompanying the Co-Seismic Earthquake Light of the M7.3 Fukushima Earthquake of 16 March 2022: Phenomenon and Mechanism |
title_short | Horizontal Magnetic Anomaly Accompanying the Co-Seismic Earthquake Light of the M7.3 Fukushima Earthquake of 16 March 2022: Phenomenon and Mechanism |
title_sort | horizontal magnetic anomaly accompanying the co seismic earthquake light of the m7 3 fukushima earthquake of 16 march 2022 phenomenon and mechanism |
topic | 2022 Fukushima M7.3 earthquake earthquake light horizontal magnetic disturbance pressure-simulated rock current induced magnetic horizontal vector |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/20/5052 |
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