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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2015, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 99-108.

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Quasi-automatic Waveform Inversion for Focal Mechanisms of Small to Moderate Earthquakes and its Application in the Capital Area

QI Yu-ping1,2, LI Min-feng2, LI Sheng-qiang2, WANG Bin2, LIU Gui-ping2, XIAO Ben-fu3   

  1. 1. Earthquake Administration of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610041, China;
    2. Institute of Earthquake Science, CEA, Beijing 100036, China;
    3. Earthquake Administration of Hunan Province, Changsha 410001, China
  • Received:2014-11-24 Online:2015-10-31 Published:2020-06-28

Abstract: We developed a quasi-automatic real-time waveform inversion system for focal mechanisms of small to moderate earthquakes in Capital area, by using the Cut-And-Paste (CAP) method and continuously monitor regional broadband waveform data provided by the Institute of Earthquake Science, CEA, which can automatically detect the occurrences of seismic events and determine the focal mechanism solutions in real-time. In this study, automatic solutions can be obtained rapidly when the earthquake has occurred (M>3.5). In addition, since some bad or low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) data can be included and participated in the inversion, the focal mechanism solutions can also be manually obtained. The system operation process and construction consideration are detailedly elaborated in the paper, and the system has preferable practicability by comparing the results with others.

Key words: Focal mechanism, Cut and paste (CAP), Quasi-automation waveform inversion, Capital area of China

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