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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2004, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (3): 8-14.

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Critical point hypothesis study on Load-Unload Response Ratio and accelerating release of strain energy

PENG Ke-yin1, YIN Xiang-chu1,2   

  1. 1. Center for Analysis and Prediciton, CEA, Beijing 100036;
    2. Open Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
  • Online:2004-07-31 Published:2021-11-29

Abstract: Both LURR- (Load-Unload Response Ratio) anomalies and best-fit power-law function of ARSE (accelerating release of strain energy) are computed using data for a range of distances from the epicenters of 8 earthquakes occurred in the mainland of China. The result shows that there is a linear relation between the logarithm of either the critical region radius (R) for ARSE or the region radius (R) for optimal LURR and the magnitude of the events. A strong correlation is evident between the ARSE and LURR critical region size suggesting that these two observations have a common physical mechanism. It means that the seismogenic system closes to critical status.

Key words: Critical point hypothesis, Accelerating release, Load-Unload Response Ratio, Seismogenic zone

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