在城市地区发生的大地震可以造成重大人员伤亡,引发社会和经济灾难。地震预警(Earthquake Early Warning,EEW)可以提供秒到分钟的警报,让人们转移到安全区,使工厂停工,车辆减速和刹车。目前世界上只在少数国家使用传统的地震台网和大地...在城市地区发生的大地震可以造成重大人员伤亡,引发社会和经济灾难。地震预警(Earthquake Early Warning,EEW)可以提供秒到分钟的警报,让人们转移到安全区,使工厂停工,车辆减速和刹车。目前世界上只在少数国家使用传统的地震台网和大地测量观测网运行EEW系统。智能手机比传统地震台网更为广泛和普及,它内置了可检测地震的加速度计。我们开发了一种新的测震系统称为MyShake,它利用智能手机内置传感器来收集数据并分析地震。智能手机MyShake系统可以从日常的各种震动中检测到距手机10km或以内的5级地震。这些数据汇集到观测中心,经过一定的算法处理,可以实时测定地震的位置和震级,发出地震预警信息,证明我们的理念是可行的。对没有地震预警系统的区域,MyShake系统可提供地震预警,而对有预警系统的区域,MyShake系统是对原系统预警能力的补充和增强。此外,该系统地震波形记录可以用来提供快速地震烈度图,以评估地震对建筑物的影响,还可以获取地球内部浅层结构图像和地震破裂过程。展开更多
With the 2008 Ms6.1 Panzhihua earthquake as a case study, we demonstrate that the focal depth of the main shock can be well constrained with two approaches： （1） using the depth phase sPL and （2） using full wavefo...With the 2008 Ms6.1 Panzhihua earthquake as a case study, we demonstrate that the focal depth of the main shock can be well constrained with two approaches： （1） using the depth phase sPL and （2） using full waveform inversion of local and teleseismic data. We also show that focal depths can be well constrained using the depth phase sPL with single broadband seismic station. Our study indicates that the main shock is located at a depth of ii kin, much shallower than those from other studies, confirming that the earthquake occurs in upper crust. Aftershocks are located in the depth range of 11 16 kin, which is consistent with a ruptured near vertical fault whose width is about 10 km, as expected for an Ms6.1 earthquake.展开更多
Tectonically active areas,such as forearc regions,commonly show contrasting relief,differential tectonic uplift,variations in erosion rates,in river incision,and in channel gradient produced by ongoing tectonic deform...Tectonically active areas,such as forearc regions,commonly show contrasting relief,differential tectonic uplift,variations in erosion rates,in river incision,and in channel gradient produced by ongoing tectonic deformation.Thus,information on the tectonic activity of a defined area could be derived via landscape analysis.This study uses topography and geomorphic indices to extract signals of ongoing tectonic deformation along the Mexican subduction forearc within the Guerrero sector.For this purpose,we use field data,topographical data,knickpoints,the ratio of volume to area（Rva）.the stream-length gradient index（St）,and the normalized channel steepness index（k_（sn））.The results of the applied landscape analysis reveal considerable variations in relief,topography and geomorphic indices values along the Guerrero sector of the Mexican subduction zone.We argue that the reported differences are indicative of tectonic deformation and of variations in relative tectonic uplift along the studied forearc.A significant drop from central and eastern parts of the study area towards the west in values of R_（VA）（from ~500 to^300）,St（from ~500 to ca.400）,maximum St（from ~1500-2500 to ~ 1000） and k_（sn）（from ~150 to ~100） denotes a decrease in relative tectonic uplift in the same direction.We suggest that applied geomorphic indices values and forearc topography are independent of climate and lithology.Actual mechanisms responsible for the observed variations and inferred changes in relative forearc tectonic uplift call for further studies that explain the physical processes that control the forearc along strike uplift variations and that determine the rates of uplift.The proposed methodology and results obtained through this study could prove useful to scientists who study the geomorphology of forearc regions and active subduction zones.展开更多
We conduct an experiment to investigate whether linearity in the observed velocity gradient in the volume of the inner core sampled by the PKP ray paths beneath Central America is a robust approximation. Instead of so...We conduct an experiment to investigate whether linearity in the observed velocity gradient in the volume of the inner core sampled by the PKP ray paths beneath Central America is a robust approximation. Instead of solving an optimization problem, we approach it within the Bayesian inference. This is an ensemble approach, where model specification is relaxed so that in- stead of only one solution, groups of reasonable models are acceptable. Furthermore, in transdimen- sional Bayesian inference used here, the number of basis functions needed to model observations is by itself an unknown. Our modeling reveals that in the ensemble of models, the most likely are those containing only 2 nodes （linear trend）. Thus our result justifies the assumption used for the deter- mination of inner core rotation with respect to the rest of the mantle that the observed gradient is constant in its nature （linear）. Recent observations in seismology suggest that it is likely that the spa- tial variability in elastic parameters is a widespread phenomenon in the inner core. Future array observations will further constrain spatial extent and magnitude of velocity changes and show whether there is a significant difference between these observations in the two quasi-hemispheres of the inner core.展开更多
文摘在城市地区发生的大地震可以造成重大人员伤亡,引发社会和经济灾难。地震预警(Earthquake Early Warning,EEW)可以提供秒到分钟的警报,让人们转移到安全区,使工厂停工,车辆减速和刹车。目前世界上只在少数国家使用传统的地震台网和大地测量观测网运行EEW系统。智能手机比传统地震台网更为广泛和普及,它内置了可检测地震的加速度计。我们开发了一种新的测震系统称为MyShake,它利用智能手机内置传感器来收集数据并分析地震。智能手机MyShake系统可以从日常的各种震动中检测到距手机10km或以内的5级地震。这些数据汇集到观测中心,经过一定的算法处理,可以实时测定地震的位置和震级,发出地震预警信息,证明我们的理念是可行的。对没有地震预警系统的区域,MyShake系统可提供地震预警,而对有预警系统的区域,MyShake系统是对原系统预警能力的补充和增强。此外,该系统地震波形记录可以用来提供快速地震烈度图,以评估地震对建筑物的影响,还可以获取地球内部浅层结构图像和地震破裂过程。
基金financial supported by Joint Seismological Science Foundation of China (No.200808078)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.40821160549 and 41074032)
文摘With the 2008 Ms6.1 Panzhihua earthquake as a case study, we demonstrate that the focal depth of the main shock can be well constrained with two approaches： （1） using the depth phase sPL and （2） using full waveform inversion of local and teleseismic data. We also show that focal depths can be well constrained using the depth phase sPL with single broadband seismic station. Our study indicates that the main shock is located at a depth of ii kin, much shallower than those from other studies, confirming that the earthquake occurs in upper crust. Aftershocks are located in the depth range of 11 16 kin, which is consistent with a ruptured near vertical fault whose width is about 10 km, as expected for an Ms6.1 earthquake.
基金funding provided by CONACYT-SEP Ciencia Basica(Grant No.129456):Active Tectonic Deformation along the Pacific Coast of Mexico and by the research grants PAPIIT IN110514 and DGAPA-PASPA 2015-2016a postdoctoral fellowship provided through the DGAPA-UNAM program
文摘Tectonically active areas,such as forearc regions,commonly show contrasting relief,differential tectonic uplift,variations in erosion rates,in river incision,and in channel gradient produced by ongoing tectonic deformation.Thus,information on the tectonic activity of a defined area could be derived via landscape analysis.This study uses topography and geomorphic indices to extract signals of ongoing tectonic deformation along the Mexican subduction forearc within the Guerrero sector.For this purpose,we use field data,topographical data,knickpoints,the ratio of volume to area（Rva）.the stream-length gradient index（St）,and the normalized channel steepness index（k_（sn））.The results of the applied landscape analysis reveal considerable variations in relief,topography and geomorphic indices values along the Guerrero sector of the Mexican subduction zone.We argue that the reported differences are indicative of tectonic deformation and of variations in relative tectonic uplift along the studied forearc.A significant drop from central and eastern parts of the study area towards the west in values of R_（VA）（from ~500 to^300）,St（from ~500 to ca.400）,maximum St（from ~1500-2500 to ~ 1000） and k_（sn）（from ~150 to ~100） denotes a decrease in relative tectonic uplift in the same direction.We suggest that applied geomorphic indices values and forearc topography are independent of climate and lithology.Actual mechanisms responsible for the observed variations and inferred changes in relative forearc tectonic uplift call for further studies that explain the physical processes that control the forearc along strike uplift variations and that determine the rates of uplift.The proposed methodology and results obtained through this study could prove useful to scientists who study the geomorphology of forearc regions and active subduction zones.
基金Calculations were performed on the Terrawulf Ⅱ cluster,a computational facility supported through the AuScope Australian Geophysics Observing System(AGOS)Auscope Ltd.is funded under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy(NCRIS)and the Education Investment Fund(EIF3),both Australian Commonwealth Government programmes
文摘We conduct an experiment to investigate whether linearity in the observed velocity gradient in the volume of the inner core sampled by the PKP ray paths beneath Central America is a robust approximation. Instead of solving an optimization problem, we approach it within the Bayesian inference. This is an ensemble approach, where model specification is relaxed so that in- stead of only one solution, groups of reasonable models are acceptable. Furthermore, in transdimen- sional Bayesian inference used here, the number of basis functions needed to model observations is by itself an unknown. Our modeling reveals that in the ensemble of models, the most likely are those containing only 2 nodes （linear trend）. Thus our result justifies the assumption used for the deter- mination of inner core rotation with respect to the rest of the mantle that the observed gradient is constant in its nature （linear）. Recent observations in seismology suggest that it is likely that the spa- tial variability in elastic parameters is a widespread phenomenon in the inner core. Future array observations will further constrain spatial extent and magnitude of velocity changes and show whether there is a significant difference between these observations in the two quasi-hemispheres of the inner core.
