Seismicity Pattern Changes Prior to the 2008 Ms7.3 Yutian Earthquake
Seismicity pattern changes that are associated with strong earthquakes are an interesting topic with potential applications for natural hazard mitigation. As a retrospective case study of the Ms7.3 Yutian earthquake, which was an inland normal faulting event that occurred on 21 March 2008, the Regio...
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| description | Seismicity pattern changes that are associated with strong earthquakes are an interesting topic with potential applications for natural hazard mitigation. As a retrospective case study of the Ms7.3 Yutian earthquake, which was an inland normal faulting event that occurred on 21 March 2008, the Region-Time-Length (RTL) method is applied to the seismological data of the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) to analyze the features of the seismicity pattern changes before the Yutian earthquake. The temporal variations of the RTL parameters of the earthquake epicenter showed that a quiescence anomaly of seismicity appeared in 2005. The Yutian main shock did not occur immediately after the local seismicity recovered to the background level, but with a time delay of about two years. The spatial variations of seismic quiescence indicated that an anomalous zone of seismic quiescence appeared near the Yutian epicentral region in 2005. This result is consistent with that obtained from the temporal changes of seismicity. The above spatio-temporal seismicity changes prior to the inland normal faulting Yutian earthquake showed similar features to those reported for some past strong earthquakes with inland strike faulting or thrust faulting. This study may provide useful information for understanding the seismogenic evolution of strong earthquakes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eaa82183fec043cea2fdf079bc8e544a2022-12-22T04:21:14ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002019-01-0121211810.3390/e21020118e21020118Seismicity Pattern Changes Prior to the 2008 Ms7.3 Yutian EarthquakeQinghua Huang0Department of Geophysics, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaSeismicity pattern changes that are associated with strong earthquakes are an interesting topic with potential applications for natural hazard mitigation. As a retrospective case study of the Ms7.3 Yutian earthquake, which was an inland normal faulting event that occurred on 21 March 2008, the Region-Time-Length (RTL) method is applied to the seismological data of the China Earthquake Administration (CEA) to analyze the features of the seismicity pattern changes before the Yutian earthquake. The temporal variations of the RTL parameters of the earthquake epicenter showed that a quiescence anomaly of seismicity appeared in 2005. The Yutian main shock did not occur immediately after the local seismicity recovered to the background level, but with a time delay of about two years. The spatial variations of seismic quiescence indicated that an anomalous zone of seismic quiescence appeared near the Yutian epicentral region in 2005. This result is consistent with that obtained from the temporal changes of seismicity. The above spatio-temporal seismicity changes prior to the inland normal faulting Yutian earthquake showed similar features to those reported for some past strong earthquakes with inland strike faulting or thrust faulting. This study may provide useful information for understanding the seismogenic evolution of strong earthquakes.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/2/118seismicityseismic quiescenceRegion-Time-Length (RTL) methodYutian earthquake |
| spellingShingle | Qinghua Huang Seismicity Pattern Changes Prior to the 2008 Ms7.3 Yutian Earthquake Entropy seismicity seismic quiescence Region-Time-Length (RTL) method Yutian earthquake |
| title | Seismicity Pattern Changes Prior to the 2008 Ms7.3 Yutian Earthquake |
| title_full | Seismicity Pattern Changes Prior to the 2008 Ms7.3 Yutian Earthquake |
| title_fullStr | Seismicity Pattern Changes Prior to the 2008 Ms7.3 Yutian Earthquake |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seismicity Pattern Changes Prior to the 2008 Ms7.3 Yutian Earthquake |
| title_short | Seismicity Pattern Changes Prior to the 2008 Ms7.3 Yutian Earthquake |
| title_sort | seismicity pattern changes prior to the 2008 ms7 3 yutian earthquake |
| topic | seismicity seismic quiescence Region-Time-Length (RTL) method Yutian earthquake |
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