2019年リッジクレスト地震のシーケンスにおける階層的な相互接続の直角断層
Zachary E Ross1, Benjamín Idini2, Zhe Jia2
1Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. zross@caltech.edu.
まとめ
2019年のリッジクレスト地震のシーケンスでは,南カリフォルニアの複雑で地図化されていない断層ネットワークが明らかになりました. この複数の断層の破裂は 地震リスクの評価に 挑戦しています
科学分野:
- 地球科学
- 地震学
- 地理学
背景:
- 南カリフォルニアは,2019年のリッジクレスト地震のシーケンス前に20年間の地震の静かな期間を経験しました.
- このシーケンスで この地域における 重要な地震の休止が終わりました
研究 の 目的:
- 2019年のリッジクレスト地震の原因となる 複雑な断層ネットワークを分析する
- 複数の断層の破裂が地震リスクの定量化に及ぼす影響を理解する.
主な方法:
- 地質学,地震学,地震学データの統合
- 前震,メイン震,スエームを含む地震の配列の分析.
- 地震深度における断層の幾何学の検討
主要な成果:
- 2019年のリッジクレストのシーケンスには,MW6.4のフォアショックとMW7.1のメインショックは含まれていた.
- 断裂は地図化されていない 多層の正交差点のネットワークで起こりました
- メインショックの破裂は 浅いクリープとガロック断層の地震群を引き起こしました
結論:
- リッジクレストで発見されたような 複雑な断層の幾何学は 震源の深さを通して存在します
- 複数の断層の発生は地域地震リスクの評価に重大な課題をもたらします.
- 複雑な地震現象を理解するために 現代の計測器と分析技術が不可欠です
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