Influences on the location of repeating earthquakes determined from a and b value imaging

Masashi Kawamura, Kate Huihsuan Chen*

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摘要

To explore where earthquakes tend to recur, we statistically investigated repeating earthquake catalogs and background seismicity from different regions (Parkfield, Hayward, Calaveras, and Chihshang Faults). We show that the location of repeating earthquakes can be mapped using the spatial distribution of the seismic a and b values obtained from the background seismicity. Molchan's error diagram statistically confirmed that repeating earthquakes occur within areas with high a values (2.8–3.8) and high b values (0.9–1.1) on both strike-slip and thrust fault segments. However, no significant association held true for fault segments with more complicated geometry or for wider areas with a complex fault network. The productivity of small earthquakes responsible for high a and b values may thus be the most important factor controlling the location of repeating earthquakes. We inferred that the location of high creep rate in planar/listric fault structures might be indicated by a values of ~3 and b values of ~1.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)6675-6682
頁數8
期刊Geophysical Research Letters
44
發行號13
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2017 7月 16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 地球物理
  • 一般地球與行星科學

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