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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 129-144.doi: 10.12196/j.issn.1000-3274.2021.02.010

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Satellite Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Geochemical Anomalies Associated with Three Strong Earthquakes Around the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

JIANG Li1,2, CUI Yue-ju1, DU Jian-guo1,2, DING Zhi-hua3, LIU Yong-mei4, LIU Yi-nan5   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Earthquake Prediction, Institute of Earthquake Forecasting, CEA, Beijing 100036, China;
    2. School of the Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China;
    3. Hebei Earthquake Agency, Shijiazhuang 050000, China;
    4. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Seismological Bureau, Huhehaote 010000, China;
    5. Jilin Bureau of Seismology, Changchun 132108, China
  • Received:2020-11-20 Revised:2021-02-07 Online:2021-04-30 Published:2021-08-06

Abstract: Based on the hyperspectral AIRS data, the data of CH4 gas geochemical anomalies were obtained associated with the Jiuzhaigou MS7.0 earthquake in August 2017, the Motuo MS6.3 earthquake in April 2019 and the Yutian MS6.4 earthquake in June 2020 in three different tectonic units around the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. The results processed with Matlab show that the content of CH4 column appears high value anomaly about one week and a half months before the three earthquakes, and the anomaly is distributed along the fault zone, in which the anomaly amplitude at the intersection of the fault zone is larger. Due to the differences of tectonic environment, seismogenic type and magnitude, the occurrence time, duration and intensity of CH4 gas concentration anomaly caused by earthquakes in three tectonic units are different. The anomaly of remote sensing information before and after the three earthquakes corresponds well with the seismicity, which is attributed to the underground gas escaping along the fractures fromed by the action of seismogenic stress field. The results are of great significance to the application of satellite high spectral resolution remote sensing technology in earthquake monitoring and short-term and impending prediction of large earthquakes.

Key words: Earthquake, Gas geochemical anomaly, Satellite hyperspectrum, Methane, Edge of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

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