Focal Mechanism Solution of the February 23,2014,M_L3.8 Rongchang Earthquake with the CAP (Cut and Paste) Method

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    摘要 AM_L3.8earthquakeoccurredonFebruary23,2014inRongchangCounty,whichislocatedatthesouthernedgeoftheSichuanBasinintheborderareabetweenSichuanandChongqing.ThispaperpresentsresultsoffocalmechanismsolutionofthisearthquakeusingtheCAP(cutandpaste)methodbasedonbroadbandseismogramsrecordedbyregionalseismicstations.OurresultsshowthatthemomentmagnitudeisM_W3.09andfocaldepthis3km.ThehypocenterofthisearthquakeislocatedclosetoaburiedfaultintheLuoguangshananticline.Oilprospectinganddeepdrillingdataindicatethatthisburiedfaultisathrustfault,strikingSW230°,dippingNW45°,and1.7kmdeep.Therearesomeinjectionwellswithintheanticline,andsignificantinjection-inducedearthquakeswereobservedduringtheperiodsofinjectionofwastewaterintothedeepformationsthroughthosewells.ThebestdoublecouplesolutionoftheM_L3.8earthquakeis247°,48°and104°forstrike,dipandrate,respectively,foronenodalplane(and46°,44°and74°foranothernodalplane),whichisinagreementwiththegeometryoftheburiedfault.Therefore,weconcludethattheM_L3.8Rongchangearthquakeispossiblytheresultoffaultingalongtheburiedreversefaultinducedbywaterinjectionunderthecompressivestressregimeinthearea.
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    出版日期 2016年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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