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The tress triggering of large aftershocks following the 1970 Tonghai great earthquake (M=7.7)

HAO Ping1, FU Zheng-xiang1, TIAN Qin-jian1, LIU Gui-ping2, LIU Jie1   

  1. 1. Center for Analysis and Prediction, CSB, Beijing 100036;
    2. China Seismological Bureau Beijing 100036, China
  • Online:2004-04-30 Published:2021-11-29

Abstract: The Tonghai great earthquake occurred on Jan. 5, 1970 in Yunnan Province. After the main shock, several large aftershocks (MS>5.0) occurred. Calculations of the change in Coulomb failure stress on aftershock failure plane reveal that 4 events among 5 large aftershocks occurred in areas with ΔCFS>0 (10-2~10-1 MPa); There are two contrary results for one aftershock due to two different focal mechanism, this aftershock occurred in areas with ΔCFS>0 and ΔCFS<0. It is concluded that the permanent fault displacement due to the main shock is the main causation of activity of large aftershocks.

Key words: Earthquake triggering, Coulomb failure stress, Tonghai great earthquake

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