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EARTHQUAKE ›› 1998, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (3): 293-298.

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GRAVITY ANOMALY BEFORE TANGSHAN EARTHQUAKE AND GRAVITY CHANGES AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

Zhang Jing1), Sun Baicheng2), Zhang Chengqiang2)   

  1. 1)Center for Analysis and Prediction, CSB, Beijing 100036, China;
    2)Comprehensive Surveying Brigade, CSB, Beijing 100039, China
  • Received:1997-12-05 Revised:1998-02-24 Online:1998-07-31 Published:2022-09-08

Abstract: The data of mobile gravity measurement in Tangshan region are processed from 1981 to 1997. Analyzing gravity changes before and after Tangshan earthquake, it indicates that no similar gravity anomaly appeared in Tangshan region 20 years after the earthquake, and the gravity value has gradually return to the normal level within 10 years after the earthquake. The result shows that there was the gravity anomaly certainly existed before Tangshan earthquake and there was similar gravity change before the Guye earthquake with ML 5.4, 1995, in this area.

Key words: Tangshan earthquake, Gravity, Anomaly