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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 102-119.doi: 10.12196/j.issn.1000-3274.2023.03.008

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Analysis of the Change of Gravity Field before and after the 2022 Qingzhou ML4.1 Earthquake

ZHENG Jia-jun1,2, LI Bo1, ZHU Cheng-lin3, HUANG Jin-shui2, YANG Li-tao1, DONG Min1, XIONG Wei1, HAN Bo1, LIU Hai-lin1, CHI Guo-min1, WU Jing1   

  1. 1. Weifang Earthquake Monitoring Center station, Shandong Earthquake Agency, Weifang 261041, China;
    2. School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230041, China;
    3. Shandong Earthquake Agency, Ji'nan 250014, China
  • Received:2022-12-27 Revised:2023-05-09 Online:2023-07-31 Published:2023-08-28

Abstract: In this paper, the 2022 Qingzhou ML4.1 earthquake was taken as the research target. According to the abnormal characteristics of regional gravity field changes in the preparation and occurrence of large earthquakes summarized by previous scholars, the spatial scale and order of magnitude of changes near the epicenter were analyzed by means of calcalating gravity changes in two adjacent periods and cumulative gravity changes. The variation of the single point of the measuring points in the area with significant variation of regional gravity field, including Gaobingxi, Jinan Station, Wangfen and Miaozi, as well as the variation of gravity difference between the north and south of the Gaobingxi site, was also analyzed. According to the surrounding disturbance of the two measuring points in the Gaobingxi site, including the precipitation, land subsidence and terrain correction, the reasons for the change of gravity difference between the two measuring points were analyzed. It is suggested that the gravity field changes before and after the Qingzhou ML4.1 earthquake, and the change is related to the underground material migration caused by the earthquake preparation and occurrence.

Key words: Mobile gravity, Spatiotemporal variation, Precipitation, The 2022 Qingzhou ML4.1 earthquake

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