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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (3): 1-20.doi: 10.12196/j.issn.1000-3274.2022.03.001

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The Ionospheric Perturbations Around Yunnan Yangbi MS6.4 and Qinghai Maduo MS7.4 Earthquakes in 2021

ZHANG Xue-min, LIU Jing, ZHOU Yu-lin, DU Xiao-hui   

  1. Institute of Earthquake Forecasting, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100036, China
  • Received:2021-06-07 Revised:2022-02-16 Online:2022-07-31 Published:2023-03-29

Abstract: Based on the multi data of TEC inversed from GPS observations in China, GIM (Global Ionsopheric Mapping) TEC, the vertical ionosond in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, plasma parameters from Zhangheng-1 satellite, the ionospheric perturbations were analyzed around Yangbi MS6.4 and Maduo MS7.4 earthquake on 21—22 May 2021, in Yunnan and Qinghai provinces respectively. The ionospheric disturbances before these two strong earthquakes showed the characteristics of earlier occurring in time, at southern region of Yunnan province in space, with positive and negative anomalies in shape. The comparative analysis based on multi observations presents that they had poor synchronization, with few 3 technologies observing the same abnormal signals at the same day. In addition, the enhancement of imminent ionospheric perturbations was possibly overlapped by the effects of weak magnetic disturbances from outer space. All these reduce the reliability of ionospheric precursors, and cause the significant deviation for predicted earthquake location. Comprehensively considering the weak space magnetic disturbances and the high seismic activity at magnetic conjugate regions, how to improve the monitoring and predicting ability for local earthquakes is a key problem under the condition of high seismic activity around China and its surrounding regions.

Key words: 2021 Yangbi MS6.4 earthquake in Yunnan Province, 2021 Maduo MS7.4 earthquake in Qinghai Province, Seismo-ionospheric perturbation, GPS TEC, ZH-1 satellite

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