Tectonic stress change due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake inferred from long-term CMT data of regular earthquakes
Toshiko Terakawa, Mitsuhiro Matsu'ura, Tectonic stress fields inferred from long-term CMT data ranging over different periods, Geophysical Journal International, 2022;, ggac449, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac449
Today’s M6.9 shallow #megathrust #earthquake (approximate location as purple blob) in the context of the #rupture areas of (numerous) previous #subduction events near #Sumatra on a map from Putra et al. (2016)
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probably slip along megathrust subduction zone where Chlieh modeled low seismogenic coupling https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JB004981
*in area absent of GPS/microatoll data
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My most well known photo from the field, and well timed being very nearly the anniversary of the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake sequence. This is the "Wall of Waiau" on the Leader fault. This scarp is actually a bit of a quirk of nature, no prior rupture here and effective localised normal movement due to topography on an oblique thrust and right lateral fault.
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appears to be a megathrust subduction zone fault earthquake
generated a small tsunami recorded on tide gages
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Appears to be on the megathrust subduction zone fault
Read more about the regional tectonics here
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000iqpn/executive
@SakuRainbow @earthjay Interestingly, you can look at different solutions for the the same earthquake (M7.3 #Tonga shallow #earthquake of 11 Oct), depending on the inversion method: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ip0l/moment-tensor.
@SakuRainbow @earthjay Actually, the rounded parts show that the moment tensor is not 100% consistent with pure slip on a planar fault ("pure double couple"). But maybe 10% is unexplained. The rest can be due to 1/ uncertainty in the inversion, 2/ actual complexity of the rupture (multiple faults activated, roughness of the fault...) or 3/ volume change (e.g. when magma is involved). #SCARDEC assumes a pure fault plane, whereas #USGS leaves more freedom to inversion. See https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70020193
@SakuRainbow @earthjay This #USGS educational material may also help : https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/focal-mechanisms-or-beachballs#:~:text=A%20focal%20mechanism%2C%20or%20%22beachball,of%20the%20fault%20that%20slipped. 👍
@SakuRainbow @earthjay Here is the same earthquake analysed by #Geoscope. The 1st image shows the focal mechanism. This is a stereographic projection of 4 quarter-spaces: ◻️ is the region where the rupture radiates tensional ⏪⏩ waves, ◼️ is where compressional waves ⏩⏪ are radiated. What you need to care about is the limit between ◻️ and ◼️: it corresponds to the two *possible* planes, which are perpendicular ❌. Both planes are depicted in 2nd figure
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M7.1 #Gempa #Lindol #Earthquake offshore of #Halmahera #Indonesia
fascinating subduction dipping both east & west
generated modest #tsunami
read more: regional tectonics, seismic hazard/risk
https://earthjay.com/?p=9106
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At overlap area of 1960 & 2010 aftershock areas probably along megathrust
Felt intensity of MMI 7
Read more in report focusing on 2010 M 8.8 https://earthjay.com/?p=5111
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ipe4/executive
In 2015, a M7.8 earthquake occurred in Nepal. This video from IRIS (narrated by me) explains this #earthquake, as well as the seismic hazard and risk for #Nepal and #India.
For my PhD I worked on understanding the uplift of the Southwestern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, focusing on the Karakoram and Longmu Co fault systems and surround mountain ranges.
These are right and left lateral strike slip fault systems (respectively) that are helping to accommodate the motion between #India and Eurasia.
Here’s an open source paper that gives some background. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/14/4/1837/532684/Structural-relationship-between-the-Karakoram-and
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