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A Study on Regional Division of Earthquake Types in Anhui Province and Surrounding Areas

SHEN Xiao-qi, WANG Jun   

  1. Earthquake administration of Anhui province, Hefei 230031, China
  • Published:2020-07-14

Abstract: Study on the earthquake sequences showed that Anhui province and its surrounding areas had obvious sub-area characteristics of earthquake types. The major-aftershock earthquake type sequence is dominant, isolated types aresecondary. Considering the factors of regional seismicity, seismic geological structure background, focal mechanism and so on, Anhui could be divided into 15 sub-areas with different characteristics to provide the basis for the fast determination of earthquake trend.

Key words: Earthquake types, Earthquake type sub-area, Historical earthquakes, Anhui province and surrounding regions

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